Donie O'Donovan

Donie O'Donovan
Personal information
Irish name	Dónall Ó Donnabháin
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Right corner-forward
Born	(1926-01-31)31 January 1926 Dillon's Cross, Cork, Ireland
Died	28 May 1999(1999-05-28) (aged 73) Wellington Road, Cork, Ireland
Nickname	Donie
Club(s)
Years	Club
	St. Nicholas' Glen Rovers
Club titles
	Football	Hurling
Cork titles	3	6
Munster titles	1	0
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1947-1955	Cork	15 (5-03)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	2
All-Irelands	0
NFL	1

Daniel Joseph O'Donovan (31 January 1926 – 28 May 1999) was an Irish Gaelic football manager and player. He played football with his local club St. Nicholas' and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1948 until 1955.^[1] O'Donovan managed Cork to the All-Ireland title in 1973.

Biography

Born Daniel Joseph O'Donovan at 150 Old Youghal Road, Dillon's Cross, Cork into a family with strong sporting and Irish republican background. He was a nephew of Cork IRA officer Dan "Sandow" O'Donovan. He followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather and became a carpenter by trade. He married Cork camogie player Sheila Cahill in the 1950s, and they had three sons. The eldest, Diarmuid O'Donovan is Assistant CEO of the Evening Echo and a sports columnist with that newspaper.

Honours

Player

St. Nicholas

Glen Rovers

Cork Senior Hurling Championship: 1944, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1954

Cork

Munster Senior Football Championship: 1949, 1952
National Football League: 1951-52

Munster

Railway Cup: 1949

Management

Glen Rovers

Cork Senior Hurling Championship: 1989

St. Nicholas

Cork

Munster

Railway Cup: 1972

References

^ "Cork GAA Profile". www.hoganstand.com. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2009.

Achievements
Preceded by Joe Keohane	All-Ireland Senior Football Final winning coach 1973	Succeeded by Kevin Heffernan

Cork – 1967 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 B. Morgan
2 B. Murphy
3 J. Lucey
4 J. O'Mahony
5 F. Cogan
6 D. Coughlan (c)
7 K. Dillon
8 M. Burke
9 M. O'Loughlin
10 E. Philpott
11 G. McCarthy
12 B. O'Neill
13 É. Ryan
14 C. O'Sullivan
15 F. Hayes

Subs used: 20 J. Downing for E. McCarthy; 18 J. J. Murphy for J. Downing; 16 J. Carroll for M. Burke

Subs not used: 17 J. Crowley; 19 J. O'Sullivan; 21 T. Bermingham

Selectors: P. A. Murphy; B. O'Keeffe; D. Owens; M. Murphy; T. Regan
Trainer: D. O'Donovan

v t e Cork – 1973 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (4th title)
1 B. Morgan (c) 2 F. Cogan 3 H. Kelleher 4 B. Murphy 5 K. J. O'Sullivan 6 J. Coleman 7 C. Hartnett 8 D. Long 9 D. Coughlan 10 N. Kirby 11 D. Barron 12 D. McCarthy 13 J. Barry-Murphy 14 R. Cummins 15 J. Barrett Subs used 18 D. Hunt for D. McCarthy 16 M. Scannell for H. Kelleher 19 S. Coughlan for J. Coleman Subs not used 17 R. Wilmot 21 N. Murphy 20 T. O'Brien Coach D. O'Donovan Selectors D. McDonnell S. Crowley M. McCarthy P. O'Driscoll D. Gowen

Cork – 1973 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (4th title)

1 B. Morgan (c)
2 F. Cogan
3 H. Kelleher
4 B. Murphy
5 K. J. O'Sullivan
6 J. Coleman
7 C. Hartnett
8 D. Long
9 D. Coughlan
10 N. Kirby
11 D. Barron
12 D. McCarthy
13 J. Barry-Murphy
14 R. Cummins
15 J. Barrett

Subs used: 18 D. Hunt for D. McCarthy; 16 M. Scannell for H. Kelleher; 19 S. Coughlan for J. Coleman

Subs not used: 17 R. Wilmot; 21 N. Murphy; 20 T. O'Brien

Coach: D. O'Donovan
Selectors: D. McDonnell; S. Crowley; M. McCarthy; P. O'Driscoll; D. Gowen

Cork senior football team – managers

Managers	D. O'Donovan (1970–1977) F. Cogan (1977–1979) B. Morgan (1979–1980) É. Ryan (1980–1984) D. Coughlan (1984–1986) B. Morgan (1986–1996) L. Tompkins (1996–2003) B. Morgan (2003–2007) T. Holland (2007–2008) C. Counihan (2008–2013) B. Cuthbert (2013–2015) P. Healy (2015–2017) R. McCarthy (2017–21) K. Ricken (2021–22) J. Cleary (2022–)