Liam Donnelly
Personal information
Irish name Liam Ó Donnaile
Sport Hurling
Position Centre-back
Born Raheny, Dublin, Ireland
Nickname Liam
Occupation Army officer
Club(s)
Years Club
1940s–1950s
St Vincents
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1948–1953
Dublin 7 (0-5)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 1

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 (2): 1945, 1946
Winner (2): 1945, 1946

References

  1. "Hurling". St Vincents GAA. Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. "Liam Donnelly Obituary" (PDF). cpaireland.ie. March 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Joey's connection with Siege of Jadotville, 1961". stjosephsfairview.ie. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  4. "DONNELLY, Liam". The Irish Times. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  5. Ger Ryan (4 September 2012). "All Ireland Minor Hurling final 2012". An Fear Rua. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  6. Tom Ryall (2000). Comhairle Laighean 1900-2000: Céad Bliain de Chluichí Gaelacha (PDF). Leinster GAA. p. 14. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  7. "From Galway to the Congo – into the Heart of Darkness – Part 2". The Tuam Herald. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
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