Mick Doyle (hurler)
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Mícheál Ó Dúghaill | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Full-forward | ||
Born | 1889 Mooncoin, County Kilkenny, Ireland | ||
Died | 1970 Mooncoin, County Kilkenny, Ireland | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Mooncoin | |||
Club titles | |||
Kilkenny titles | 4 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1907-1916 | KIlkenny | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Leinster titles | 6 | ||
All-Irelands | 5 |
Michael "Mick" Doyle (1889–1970) was an Irish hurler who played as a full-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.[1]
Born in Mooncoin, County Kilkenny, Doyle first excelled at hurling in his youth. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of eighteen when he made his senior debut in the 1907 championship. Doyle went on to play a key part for Kilkenny during the team's first golden age, and won five All-Ireland medals and six Leinster medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
At club level Doyle won six championship medals with Mooncoin.
Doyle's brothers, Eddie and Eddie Doyle, also enjoyed All-Ireland success with Kilkenny.
References
- ↑ "Sports page". Mooncoin website. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
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