Fachtna O'Donovan
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| Native name | Fachtna Ó Donnabháin (Irish) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1921 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 October 1995 (aged 74) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gaelic football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right wing-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Fachtna O'Donovan (1921 – 17 October 1995) was an Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Clonakilty and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1943 until 1949.[1]
Career
O'Donovan first came to Gaelic football prominence with the Carbery Rangers team that won consecutive Southwest Junior Championship titles. Around this time he was also drafted onto the Cork minor team and won a Munster Minor Championship title in 1939. O'Donovan subsequently transferred to the Clonakilty club that was enjoying a golden age in terms of success and won six County Championship titles in ten years. He was soon added to the Cork senior team and claimed his first silverware in 1943 when Cork won the Munster Senior Championship for the first time in 15 years. O'Donovan won a second provincial title two years later before ending the season by lining out at midfield when Cork claimed the All-Ireland title after a defeat of Cavan in the final.[2][3][4] He claimed a third Munster Championship title in his last year with the team in 1949. O'Donovan also won a Railway Cup medal with Munster in 1948.
Death
O'Donovan died at St Anne's Hospital in Skibbereen on 17 October 1995.
Honours
- Carbery Rangers
- West Cork Junior A Football Championship (2): 1939, 1940
- Clonakilty
- Cork Senior Football Championship (6): 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1952
- West Cork Junior A Hurling Championship (5): 1939, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946
- Cork
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (1): 1945
- Munster Senior Football Championship (3): 1943, 1945, 1949
- Munster Minor Football Championship (1): 1939
- Munster
- Railway Cup (1): 1948
References
- ^ "Senior Football – Munster Final Winning Teams (1887–2007)". Munster GAA. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ "Clon connections to Cork success in 1945". West Cork People. September 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "A football life less ordinary". The Anglo-Celt. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ Keys, Colm (31 July 2013). "Bailieborough and the Cavan goalkeeping connection". Irish Independent. Retrieved 3 April 2021.