Donie O'Donovan

Donie O'Donovan

Personal information
Irish name	Dónall Ó Donnabháin
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Right corner-forward
Born	31 January 1926(1926-01-31) Dillon's Cross, Cork
Died	29 May 1999(1999-05-29) (aged 73)
Club(s)
Years	Club
1940s-1950s	St. Nicholas'
Club Titles
Cork titles	3
Munster titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1948-1955	Cork	15 (5-3)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	2
All Irelands	0
NFL	0

Daniel Joseph "Donie" O'Donovan (31 January 1926 - 29 May 1999) was an Irish Gaelic football manager and player. He played football with his local club St. Nicholas' and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1948 until 1955.^[1] O'Donovan managed Cork to the All-Ireland title in 1973.

Biography

Born Daniel Joseph O'Donovan at 150 Old Youghal Road, Dillon's Cork into a family with strong sporting and Irish republican background. He was a nephew of Cork IRA officer Dan "Sandow" O'Donovan. He followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather and became a carpenter by trade. He married Cork camogie player Sheila Cahill in the 1950s and they had three sons. The eldest, Diarmuid O'Donovan is Assistant CEO of the Evening Echo and a sports columnist with that newspaper.

Honours

St. Nicholas/Glen Rovers

• Munster Senior Club Football Championship:
  • Winner (1): 1966
• Cork Senior Football Championship:
  • Winner (3): 1954, 1965, 1966
  • Runner-up (4): 1947, 1950, 1951, 1963

References

1. ^ "Cork GAA Profile". www.hoganstand.com. http://www.hoganstand.com/Cork/Profile.aspx. Retrieved 2009-03-25. 

Achievements
Preceded by Joe Keohane (Kerry)	All-Ireland Senior Football Final winning manager 1973	Succeeded by Kevin Heffernan (Dublin)

Teams

Persondata
Name	Odonovan, Donie
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	31 January 1926
Place of birth	Dillon's Cross
Date of death	29 May 1999
Place of death