Liam Donnelly (hurler)
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| Native name | Liam Ó Donnaile (Irish) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Liam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 January 2017 (aged 88–89) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Army officer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William "Liam" Donnelly (1928– 5 January 2017) was an Irish former hurler who played as a centre-back for the Dublin senior team.[1][2][3][4]
Raised in Raheny, Dublin, Donnelly played both hurling and Gaelic football with his local club, St Vincents. As a minor, he scored the winning goal against Tipperary in the 1946 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship final.[5] He won a Leinster Senior Hurling Championship with the Dublin senior team in 1948 and featured in the 1948 All-Ireland final, which they lost to Waterford.[6]
Outside of sport, Donnelly served as an officer in the Irish Army,[7] and was "third in command" (Support Platoon Commander) of A Company during the Siege of Jadotville in 1961.[3]
Honours
Dublin
- Runner-up (1): 1948
- Winner (1): 1948
- Winner (1): 1945
References
- ^ "Hurling". St Vincents GAA. Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Liam Donnelly Obituary" (PDF). cpaireland.ie. March 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Joey's connection with Siege of Jadotville, 1961". stjosephsfairview.ie. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ "DONNELLY, Liam". The Irish Times. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ Ger Ryan (4 September 2012). "All Ireland Minor Hurling final 2012". An Fear Rua. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ Tom Ryall (2000). Comhairle Laighean 1900-2000: Céad Bliain de Chluichí Gaelacha (PDF). Leinster GAA. p. 14. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "From Galway to the Congo – into the Heart of Darkness – Part 2". The Tuam Herald. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2015.