Willie Doonan

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Willie Doonan
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	right back
Born	County Cavan, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
1971 1941 1949	Cavan Gaels Cavan Slashers Cavan Harps
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1945-1950	Cavan
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles	4
All Irelands	2
NFL	1

Willie Doonan's Memorial stone outside Breffni Park

Willie Doonan (1920 – August 1976) is a former Gaelic footballer for Cavan.

Inter-county career

Doonan served with the British Army in Italy during World War 2. He was shot and injured his knee and ankle and was honourably discharged in 1945 when he was selected for Cavan in the Ulster campaign and subsequent All-Ireland Final defeat to Cork. He went on to win 2 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals. He was right back on the 1947 and 1948 teams and he won every honour the game could bestow including All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Minor in 1938. He also won the National Football League in 1949/50 season. He was also a noted soccer player and played for Dundalk F.C. for a couple of seasons missing out on Cavan’s All Ireland final defeat to Meath in 1949.

Club career

He won 1 Cavan Senior Club Football Championship with Cavan Slashers 1941 and a Senior League medal Cavan Harps 1949. He later returned to England for a period of 15 years but came home to assist the Cavan Gaels as Team Manager in their League win of 1971.

Death

He died August 1976, aged 56.^[1]

References

↑ http://www.cavancyms.com/anglo%20celt%201971-1980.htm obituary

Cavan Football Squads

v t e Cavan – 1938 All-Ireland Minor Football Champions (2nd title)

1 J. D. Benson 2 W. Doonan 3 B. Cully 4 P. Galligan 5 M. Reilly 6 P. Coyle 7 S. Deignan 8 J. Maguire 9 J. McCormack 10 K. O'Reilly 11 P. Conaty 12 M. Fitzsimons 13 F. Coyle 14 J. Johnson 15 P. Doyle

v t e Cavan – 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (3rd title)

1 V. Gannon 2 W. Doonan 3 B. O'Reilly 4 P. Smith 5 J. Wilson 6 J. J. O'Reilly (c) 7 S. Deignan 8 P. J. Duke 9 P. Brady 10 A. Tighe 11 M. Higgins 12 C. McDyer 13 J. Stafford 14 P. Donohoe 15 T. P. O'Reilly

v t e Cavan – 1948 National Football League Champions (1st title)

1 S. Morris 2 W. Doonan 3 B. O'Reilly 4 P. Smith 5 O. R. McGovern 6 J. J. O'Reilly (c) 7 S. Deignan 8 P. J. Duke 9 P. Brady 10 A. Tighe 11 M. Higgins 12 J. J. Cassidy 13 J. Stafford 14 P. Donohoe 15 E. Carolan

v t e Cavan – 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (4th title)

1 D. Benson 2 W. Doonan 3 B. O'Reilly 4 P. Smith 5 P. J. Duke 6 J. J. O'Reilly (c) 7 S. Deignan 8 P. Brady 9 V. Sherlock 10 A. Tighe 11 M. Higgins 12 J. J. Cassidy 13 J. Stafford 14 P. Donohoe 15 E. Carolan Sub O. R. McGovern

Persondata
Name	Doonan, Willie
Alternative names
Short description	Gaelic footballer
Date of birth	1920
Place of birth	County Cavan
Date of death	1976
Place of death

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