Shane Dooley
Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Seán Ó Dulaoích | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Right corner-forward | ||
| Born | (1986-09-26) 26 September 1986 (age 37) Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Occupation | Secondary school teacher | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2003-present | Tullamore | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Offaly titles | 3 | 1 | |
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| University of Limerick | |||
| College titles | |||
| Fitzgibbon titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2007-2023 | Offaly | 41 (22-237) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 17:33, 3 June 2018. | |||
Shane Dooley (born 26 September 1986) is an Irish hurler who previously played as a right corner-forward for the Offaly senior team.[1]
Born in Tullamore, County Offaly, Dooley was born into a strong hurling family. His paternal and maternal granduncles as well as his grandfather enjoyed All-Ireland success with the Offaly junior team in 1923 and 1929. His father, Joe Dooley, and his uncles, Johnny and Billy Dooley, won seven All-Ireland medals between them between 1985 and 1998.[2]
Dooley first played competitive inter-county hurling and Gaelic football with Tullamore College. Here he won a Leinster Vocational Schools Junior B Championship medal and an All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championship medal. Dooley simultaneously came to prominence at juvenile and underage levels with the Tullamore club. As a dual player at senior level he has won one county hurling championship medal and three senior football championship medals. While studying at the University of Limerick, Dooley won a Fitzgibbon Cup medal in 2011.[citation needed]
Dooley made his debut on the inter-county scene as a dual player when he was selected for the Offaly minor teams. He later lined out for the Offaly under-21 teams in both codes before concentrating on hurling after making his senior debut during the 2007 league. Since then, Dooley has become a regular member of the starting fifteen as well as Offaly's top championship scorer of all time.[citation needed]
As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Dooley won a Railway Cup medal in 2012.[citation needed]
In December 2023, Dooley announced his retirement from inter-county hurling after 17 years.[3][4]
Career statistics
- As of match played 13 June 2021.
| Team | Year | National League | Ring Cup | McDonagh Cup | Leinster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Offaly | 2007 | Division 1A | 2 | 0-03 | — | — | 2 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 6 | 0-03 | ||
| 2008 | Division 1B | 5 | 0-06 | — | — | 2 | 0-02 | 2 | 0-07 | 9 | 0-15 | |||
| 2009 | Division 2 | 8 | 8-46 | — | — | 1 | 0-04 | 2 | 1-03 | 11 | 9-53 | |||
| 2010 | Division 1 | 7 | 6-59 | — | — | 3 | 2-27 | 2 | 1-12 | 12 | 9-98 | |||
| 2011 | 8 | 3-42 | — | — | 1 | 1-13 | 1 | 1-09 | 10 | 5-64 | ||||
| 2012 | Division 1B | 5 | 3-43 | — | — | 2 | 3-15 | 1 | 1-06 | 8 | 7-64 | |||
| 2013 | 5 | 4-37 | — | — | 1 | 0-05 | 1 | 1-04 | 7 | 5-46 | ||||
| 2014 | 5 | 0-12 | — | — | 1 | 0-01 | 2 | 0-04 | 8 | 0-17 | ||||
| 2015 | 6 | 4-55 | — | — | 1 | 0-10 | 1 | 0-06 | 8 | 4-71 | ||||
| 2016 | 6 | 0-62 | — | — | 5 | 4-39 | 1 | 0-07 | 12 | 4-108 | ||||
| 2017 | 6 | 4-53 | — | — | 2 | 3-17 | 1 | 0-05 | 9 | 7-75 | ||||
| 2018 | 5 | 2-23 | — | — | 4 | 2-21 | — | 9 | 4-44 | |||||
| 2019 | 4 | 2-06 | — | 4 | 1-07 | — | — | 8 | 3-13 | |||||
| 2020 | Division 2A | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2021 | 5 | 0-19 | 0 | 0-00 | — | — | — | 5 | 0-19 | |||||
| Total | 77 | 36-466 | 0 | 0-00 | 4 | 1-07 | 25 | 15-154 | 16 | 5-63 | 122 | 57-690 | ||
References
- ^ "Player profile: Shane Dooley". Offaly GAA. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Dooley Brothers". Hogan Stand. 5 August 1994. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Offaly stalwart Shane Dooley announces inter-county retirement". RTE Sport. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Shane Dooley Retires From Inter-County Hurling". Offaly GAA. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
