Paddy Donoghue Explained

Code:Hurling
Sport:Hurling
Paddy Donoghue
Irish:Pádraig Ó Donnchú
Occupation:Railway station worker
County:Kilkenny
Province:Leinster
Club:Dicksboro
Clcounty:2
Counties:Kilkenny
Icposition:Left wing-forward
Icyears:1917-1924
Icprovince:2
Icallireland:1
Icupdate:18:18, 13 January 2013
Birth Date:1891 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Kilkenny, Ireland
Death Place:Kilkenny, Ireland

Patrick Donoghue (13 November 1891 – 18 September 1967) was an Irish hurler who played as a left wing-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.[1]

Hackett made his first appearance for the team during the 1917 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1924 championship. During that time, he won one All-Ireland medal and two Leinster medals.[2] [3]

At club level, Hackett was a two-time county club championship medalist with Dicksboro.

Notes and References

  1. News: Paddy Donoghue. Dicksboro GAA website. 13 January 2013.
  2. News: Kilkenny GAA profile. Hogan Stand website. 26 April 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111014192436/http://hoganstand.com/Kilkenny/Profile.aspx. 14 October 2011.
  3. News: Leinster Senior Hurling Finalists. Leinster GAA website. 13 January 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141205220340/http://leinster.gaa.ie/_fileupload/Archives/P40_69%20Finalis.pdf. 5 December 2014.