Patrick Donnellan

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Patrick Donnellan
Personal information
Irish name	Pádraig Ó Dónalláin
Sport	Hurling
Position	Centre Back
Born	(1985-06-19) 19 June 1985 Ennis, County Clare
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Occupation	University Lecturer
Club(s)
Years	Club
2002-	O'Callaghan's Mills
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2006-	Clare	23 (0-4)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	0
All Irelands	1
NHL	0
All Stars	1

Patrick Donnellan (born 19 June 1985) is an Irish hurler who currently plays as a centre-back for the Clare senior team.^[1] At club level Donnellan plays with O'Callaghan's Mills.

Born in O'Callaghan's Mills, County Clare, Donnellan first excelled at hurling in his youth. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty when he first linked up with the Clare under-21 team. He made his senior debut in the 2006 championship. Donnellan has since gone on to play a key part in defence for Clare, and has won National Hurling League medals in the various tiers of the competition and one Waterford Crystal Cup medal.

In 2013, Donnellan captained Clare to win the All-Ireland Final in a replay against Cork.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ "Donnellan named as new Clare hurling captain". Clare FM. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
↑ "Jubilant scenes in Clare as winning All Ireland team arrives home". Irish Independent. 29 September 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
↑ "'The whole thing is still a bit surreal. It's still only sinking in'". Irish Independent. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Pat Vaughan	Clare Senior Hurling Captain 2012-present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Achievements
Preceded by Eoin Larkin (Kilkenny)	All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final winning captain 2013	Succeeded by Incumbent

Clare – 2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (4th title)

Subs used: 23 C. McInerney for C. Galvin; 20 N. O'Connell for P. Collins; 14 D. Honan for S. O'Donnell; 18 S. Morey for T. Kelly

Blood sub: 21 F. Lynch for S. O'Donnell

Subs not used: 16 D. Tuohy; 17 C. Cooney; 19 L. Markham; 24 P. Duggan; 25 J. Clancy; 26 P. Flanagan; 27 C. O'Connell; 28 A. Cunningham

Manager: D. Fitzgerald

Selectors: L. Mulqueen; M. Deegan; P. Kinnerk; S. Bulfin; J. O'Connor

v t e 2013 All-Stars Hurling Team

1 A. Nash 2 R. McCarthy 3 P. Kelly 4 D. McInerney 5 B. Bugler 6 L. Rushe 7 P. Donnellan 8 C. Galvin 9 C. Ryan 10 S. Harnedy 11 T. Kelly^HOTY 12 D. Sutcliffe 13 P. Collins 14 P. Horgan 15 C. McGrath

Persondata
Name	Donnellan, Pat
Alternative names
Short description	Irish hurler
Date of birth	19 June 1985
Place of birth	O'Callaghans Mills, County Clare
Date of death
Place of death

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