Liam Doyle (hurler) explained

Liam Doyle (hurler) should not be confused with Liam Doyle (Gaelic footballer).

Code:Hurling
Sport:Hurling
Liam Doyle
Irish:Liam Ó Dúil
Nickname:The horse
County:Clare
Province:Munster
Club:Bodyke
Clposition:Wing-back
Clcounty:0
Counties:Clare
Icposition:Right wing-back
Icyears:1989-2002
Icprovince:3
Icallireland:2
Nhl:0
Allstars:1
Birth Date:1968
Birth Place:Bodyke, County Clare, Ireland

Liam Doyle (born 1968) is an Irish hurling coach and former player. At club level he played with Bodyke and at inter-county level with the Clare senior hurling team. Doyle later served as a manager and selector.

Playing career

Doyle first appeared on the inter-county scene with Clare as goalkeeper on the minor team in 1986. He later spent three successive years with the under-21 team. Doyle was drafted onto the senior team in 1989 and played for a number of seasons before drifting away in 1991.

Doyle's inter-county career was restarted in 1993 when, as part of the Clare junior team, he won an All-Ireland JHC medal after a defeat of Kilkenny in the final.[1] He was recalled to the senior team for the 1993–94 league. Doyle was part of the Clare team that bridged a 63-year gap to win the Munster SHC title in 1995.[2] [3] He later claimed an All-Ireland SHC medal after clare beat Offaly to claim the title for the first time in 81 years.[4] Doyle ended the season by being named on the All-Star team.

At club level, Doyle won a Clare IHC medal with Bodyke in 1996. This was a decade after claiming a Clare JAHC medal following a defeat of Éire Óg. Doyle won a second Munster SHC title in 1997, before claiming a second All-Ireland SHC winners' medal after a defeat of Tipperary in the 1997 All-Ireland final.[5] He won a third Munster SHC medal in four seasons in 1998. Doyle's performances also earned inclusion on the Munster team and he won Railway Cup medals in 1996 and 1997.[6] He retired from inter-county hurling in May 2002.

Management career

Doyle was still lining out at club level with Bodyke when he trained the Smith O'Brien's club to the Clare IHC title in 2004. He later replaced Liam Sheedy as coach of the Sixmilebridge team in 2007. Doyle also spent two years as a selector as part of Ger O'Loughlin's Clare senior hurling management team.[7]

Honours

Player

Bodyke

1996

1986

Clare

1995, 1997

1995, 1997

1993

1993

Munster

1996, 1997

Management

Smith O'Briens

2004

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Junior hurling. Munster GAA website. 26 October 2023.
  2. Web site: Senior hurling. Munster GAA website. 26 October 2023.
  3. Web site: 20 years ago today the Clare hurlers won a famous Munster title...but where are they now?. 9 July 2015. The 42. 26 October 2023.
  4. Web site: Eamon Taaffe: ‘It was only in later years we realised the respect we had gained’. 20 December 2015. Irish Examiner. 26 October 2023.
  5. Web site: Clare's second win was the sweetest - Jamesie O'Connor meets Brian Lohan to talk about '97. 21 May 2017. Irish Examiner. 26 October 2023.
  6. Web site: Railway Cup hurling. Munster GAA website. 26 October 2023.
  7. Web site: Doyle added to O'Loughlin's Clare band. 28 December 2009. Hogan Stand. 26 October 2010.