Donal Aherne (born 1950) is an Irish retired Gaelic football coach and player. He had a brief league and championship career with the Cork senior team from 1971 until 1973.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Midfield | ||
| Born |
1950 Glanworth, County Cork, Ireland | ||
| Occupation | Business coach | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Glanworth | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 5 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1967-1973 | Cork | 1 (0-00) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 1 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NFL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 21:28, 18 December 2016. | |||
Career
editBorn in Glanworth, County Cork, Aherne first played competitive Gaelic football at underage levels with Glanworth. He won back-to-back county minor championship medals in 1966 and 1967, before claiming a county junior championship medal in 1971. Aherne also won a county intermediate championship medal in 1976.
Aherne made his debut on the inter-county scene when he was selected on the Cork minor team in 1967. He played in two championship seasons with the minors and collected back-to-back All-Ireland medals as captain.[1] Aherne subsequently joined the Cork under-21 team, winning back-to-back All-Ireland medals in 1970 and 1971.[2] He joined the Cork senior team in 1972. He was a member of the extended panel when the team won the All-Ireland title in 1973.[3]
Honours
edit- Glanworth
- Cork Intermediate Football Championship: 1976
- Cork Junior Football Championship: 1971
- Cork Minor Football Championship: 1966, 1967
- Cork
- All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship: 1970, 1971
- Munster Under-21 Football Championship: 1969, 1970, 1971
- All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: 1967 (c), 1968 (c)
- Munster Minor Football Championship: 1967 (c), 1968 (c)
References
edit- ^ "Cork minor football teams: 1929-1969" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
- ^ "Cork U21 football teams: 1962-2010" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
- ^ "Cork SFC teams: 1970-1979" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 12 March 2013.