Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Máirtin Ó Dochartaigh | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Full-back | ||
Born |
Galway, Ireland | 26 March 1952||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
Occupation | Construction project manager | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
1969–1979 1970–1982 |
St. Nicholas' Glen Rovers | ||
Club titles | |||
Cork titles | 2 | ||
Munster titles | 2 | ||
All-Ireland Titles | 2 | ||
Colleges(s) | |||
Years | College | ||
University College Cork | |||
College titles | |||
Fitzgibbon titles | 0 | ||
Inter-county(ies)* | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1971–1982 | Cork | 25 (0–00) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 6 | ||
All-Irelands | 3 | ||
NHL | 1 | ||
All Stars | 3 | ||
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 15:25, 28 February 2015. |
Martin O'Doherty (born 26 March 1952) is an Irish former hurler who played as a full-back for the Cork senior team.[1]
Born in Galway, O'Doherty first played competitive hurling during his schooling at Coláiste Chríost Rí. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Cork minor teams as a dual player, before later joining the under-21 sides. He made his senior hurling debut during the 1971 championship. O'Doherty later became a regular member of the starting fifteen, and won three All-Ireland medals, six Munster medals and one National Hurling League medal. The All-Ireland-winning captain 1in 1977, he was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, O'Doherty won one Railway Cup medal. At club level he is a two-time All-Ireland medallist with Glen Rovers O'Doherty also won two Munster medals and two championship medals.
Throughout his career O'Doherty made 25 championship appearances. He retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1982 championship.