Aaron Doherty Explained

Aaron Doherty
Sport:Gaelic football
Icposition:Half-back
Occupation:Factory worker
Code:Football
Clyears:2018–
Clubs:Naomh Columba
County:Donegal
Icyears:2019–
Counties:Donegal
Iculster:1

Aaron Doherty is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Naomh Columba and the Donegal county team.

Playing career

Doherty played football at minor level for Donegal, and was a star player at underage level for his club, Naomh Columba.[1] [2]

He has also played association football for Finn Harps at underage level, as well as St Catherine's and Letterbarrow Celtic.[3] [4]

He was first called into the Donegal senior team during the 2019 season, following the departure of other players.[5] He won an Ulster Senior Football Championship medal shortly afterwards, his first Ulster medal at any level of play.[6] [7]

Doherty started Donegal's fifth fixture of the 2022 National Football League against Monaghan, scoring a point.[8] He then started the sixth fixture against Dublin at Croke Park, scoring another point.[9]

Doherty made a substitute appearance in the 2022 Ulster Senior Football Championship final, scoring an extra-time point from a mark.[10] He had earlier made substitute appearances in the quarter-final victory over Armagh and the semi-final victory over Cavan.[11] [12] He started the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship qualifier loss to Armagh, scoring a point.[13]

Doherty did not feature in the Donegal panel for the 2023 season.[14] He opted to focus on his club football at this time.

With Jim McGuinness returning as manager, Doherty returned to the Donegal panel, featuring in a number of league matches and getting on the score sheet in a many of those fixtures, including the Division 2 final, where Doherty scored the deciding point to defeat rivals Armagh. [15] [16]

In the final of the 2024 Ulster Senior Football Championship, Doherty scored two penalties in the shootout as Donegal defeated Armagh once again. [17]

Personal life

Doherty is from near Teelin, in the parish of Gleann Cholm Cille.[18] He attended Coláiste na Carraige and Dublin Institute of Technology.[19] He is a first cousin of Donegal panel member Philip Doherty.

Honours

Notes and References

  1. News: Peter. Campbell. Aaron Doherty the star of the show as Donegal minors defeat Down. 15 April 2017. 15 April 2017.
  2. https://donegalgaa.ie/naomh-columba-dungloe-county-minor-champions/9
  3. News: Michael. Devlin. Donegal star Doherty geared up for Tyrone test in EirGrid Ulster U-20 final. 7 March 2020. 7 March 2020. Doherty's eye for goal, and his penalty expertise, could be put down to his impressive soccer credentials. As a youngster he played for local club St Catherine's FC, where one Seamus Coleman started out, and plays in the wintertime for Donegal League side Letterbarrow Celtic..
  4. News: Chris. McNulty. Aaron Doherty set to take GAA break to make Finn Harps switch. 21 November 2018. 21 November 2018.
  5. News: Doherty and McGettigan brought into Donegal senior squad. Highland Radio. 25 April 2019. 25 April 2019.
  6. News: McHugh chasing elusive first medal. Donegal News. 21 June 2019. 21 June 2019. [Eoin] McHugh took a year out from the Donegal camp last season and headed to Boston, and he subsequently missed out as the senior squad landed the Anglo Celt Cup. Jason McGee was also missing for that triumph, but he has an Ulster Minor Championship medal, so that leaves McHugh and newbies Oisin Gallen and Aaron Doherty as the only members of the squad who haven't claimed provincial honours with the county..
  7. News: Peter. Sweeney. Donegal power past Cavan to claim Ulster title. RTÉ Sport. 23 June 2019. 23 June 2019.
  8. News: Peter. Campbell. Monaghan end Donegal's Ballybofey record to maintain Division 1 survival hope. RTÉ Sport. 13 March 2022. 13 March 2022.
  9. News: Paul. Keane. Allianz FL D1: Dublin finish strongly against Donegal. 20 March 2022. 20 March 2022.
  10. News: Peter. Campbell. MARKSMAN: How the Donegal players fared in the Ulster final against Derry. 29 May 2022. 29 May 2022.
  11. News: Andy. Watters. Donegal cruise to victory over mis-firing Armagh in Ulster Championship quarter-final. The Irish News. 25 April 2022. 25 April 2022.
  12. News: John. Haughey. Donegal 2–16 Cavan 0–16: Tir Conaill men survive Breffni onslaught to reach Ulster decider. BBC Sport. 8 May 2022. 8 May 2022.
  13. News: Declan. Bogue. Armagh power past Donegal to book All-Ireland quarter-final. The42.ie. 12 June 2022. 12 June 2022.
  14. Web site: Donegal Senior Football Squad 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230419113232/https://donegalgaa.ie/team/donegal-gaa/. 19 April 2023.
  15. https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2024/0217/1432832-o-baoill-stars-as-donegal-ease-past-fermanagh/
  16. https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2024/0331/1440946-donegal-edge-out-armagh-as-div-2-final-thrills-late-on/
  17. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cd18828y0njo
  18. News: Chris. McNulty. Aaron Doherty joins up with Donegal senior football squad. 24 April 2019. 24 April 2019.
  19. News: Peter. Campbell. Aaron Doherty's switch from Gaelic to Finn Harps is 'looking likely': Donegal U-20 and senior team to lose out. 21 November 2018. 21 November 2018.
  20. News: Aaron Doherty named among Under-20 award winners. 20 January 2021. 20 January 2021.

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