Micheál Donoghue
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| Irish name | Micheál Ó Donnchu | ||||||||
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| Born | Galway, Ireland | ||||||||
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Micheal Donoghue is an Irish hurling manager and former player. He is the current manager of the Galway senior hurling team, having been appointed in December 2015.[1]
Playing career
Donoghue played on the 1992 All-Ireland Minor winning Galway side[2] and captained Clarinbridge to the Galway Senior Hurling Championship in 2001.
Management career
Donoghue became Clarinbridge manager in 2010, guiding them to their second ever county title defeating Loughrea in the 2010 final and going on to win the 2011 All Ireland Club title beating O'Loughlin Gaels.[2]
He became involved with Tipperary's backroom team as a statistics man from 2014 to 2015.[2]
In December 2015 Donoghue succeeded Anthony Cunningham as Galway manager starting in the 2016 Season.[3]
On 3 April 2016, Galway lost to Cork in a Division 1A Relegation Play-Off by 2-22 to 0-25 and were relegated to Division 1B for 2017.[4] On 3 July 2016, Galway lost the Leinster Final to Kilkenny on a 0-22 to 1-26 scoreline after having a three point lead at half-time.[5][6]
On 22 April 2017, Galway won the 2017 National Hurling League after a 3-21 to 0-14 win against Tipperary in the final.[7][8] On 2 July 2017, Galway won their second ever Leinster Senior Hurling title after a 0-29 to 1-17 win against Wexford in the final.[9]
Honours
Playing honours
- Galway
Managerial honours
- Clarinbridge
- Galway
References
- ↑ "Donoghue ratified as new Galway manager". Irish Independent. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Micheal Donoghue is a good motivator and he's got the experience". The Sun. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ↑ "Micheal Donoghue steps into the breach in Galway". Irish Examiner. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ↑ "Late goals rescue Cork hurlers and ensure Galway suffer setback of relegation". The 42. 3 April 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
- ↑ "Groundhog day for the Tribesmen as Cats purr yet again". Irish Independent. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ↑ "Martin Breheny: Galway hurling myth exposed". Irish Independent. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ↑ "Flynn fires two goals as Galway hand out 16-point beating to Tipperary in league final". The 42. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ↑ "Clinical Galway leave Tipp reeling in league final". RTE Sport. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ↑ "Galway blow Wexford away to claim Leinster Hurling title". Irish Examiner. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.