Aaron Doherty

Aaron Doherty
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Half-back
Occupation Factory worker
Club(s)
Years Club
2018–
 Naomh Columba
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2019–
 Donegal
Ulster titles 1

Aaron Doherty is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Naomh Columba and the Donegal county team.

Playing career

Doherty played football at minor level for Donegal, and was a star player at underage level for his club, Naomh Columba.[1][2]

He has also played association football for Finn Harps at underage level, as well as St Catherine's and Letterbarrow Celtic.[3][4]

He was first called into the Donegal senior team during the 2019 season, following the departure of other players.[5] He won an Ulster Senior Football Championship medal shortly afterwards, his first Ulster medal at any level of play.[6][7]

Doherty started Donegal's fifth fixture of the 2022 National Football League against Monaghan, scoring a point.[8] He then started the sixth fixture against Dublin at Croke Park, scoring another point.[9]

Doherty made a substitute appearance in the 2022 Ulster Senior Football Championship final, scoring an extra-time point from a mark.[10] He had earlier made substitute appearances in the quarter-final victory over Armagh and the semi-final victory over Cavan.[11][12] He started the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship qualifier loss to Armagh, scoring a point.[13]

Doherty did not feature in the Donegal panel for the 2023 season.[14] He opted to focus on his club football at this time.[citation needed]

With Jim McGuinness returning as manager, Doherty returned to the Donegal panel, featuring in a number of league matches and getting on the score sheet in a many of those fixtures, including the Division 2 final, where Doherty scored the deciding point to defeat rivals Armagh.[15][16]

In the final of the 2024 Ulster Senior Football Championship, Doherty scored two penalties in the shootout as Donegal defeated Armagh once again.[17]

Personal life

Doherty is from near Teelin, in the parish of Gleann Cholm Cille.[18] He attended Coláiste na Carraige and Dublin Institute of Technology.[19] He is a first cousin of Donegal panel member Philip Doherty.[citation needed]

Honours

References

  1. ^ Campbell, Peter (15 April 2017). "Aaron Doherty the star of the show as Donegal minors defeat Down". Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Naomh Columba & Dungloe County Minor Champions". 17 July 2017.
  3. ^ Devlin, Michael (7 March 2020). "Donegal star Doherty geared up for Tyrone test in EirGrid Ulster U-20 final". Retrieved 7 March 2020. Doherty's eye for goal, and his penalty expertise, could be put down to his impressive soccer credentials. As a youngster he played for local club St Catherine's FC, where one Seamus Coleman started out, and plays in the wintertime for Donegal League side Letterbarrow Celtic.
  4. ^ McNulty, Chris (21 November 2018). "Aaron Doherty set to take GAA break to make Finn Harps switch". Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Doherty and McGettigan brought into Donegal senior squad". Highland Radio. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  6. ^ a b "McHugh chasing elusive first medal". Donegal News. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019. [Eoin] McHugh took a year out from the Donegal camp last season and headed to Boston, and he subsequently missed out as the senior squad landed the Anglo Celt Cup. Jason McGee was also missing for that triumph, but he has an Ulster Minor Championship medal, so that leaves McHugh and newbies Oisin Gallen and Aaron Doherty as the only members of the squad who haven't claimed provincial honours with the county.
  7. ^ a b Sweeney, Peter (23 June 2019). "Donegal power past Cavan to claim Ulster title". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  8. ^ Campbell, Peter (13 March 2022). "Monaghan end Donegal's Ballybofey record to maintain Division 1 survival hope". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  9. ^ Keane, Paul (20 March 2022). "Allianz FL D1: Dublin finish strongly against Donegal". Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  10. ^ Campbell, Peter (29 May 2022). "MARKSMAN: How the Donegal players fared in the Ulster final against Derry". Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  11. ^ Watters, Andy (25 April 2022). "Donegal cruise to victory over mis-firing Armagh in Ulster Championship quarter-final". The Irish News. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  12. ^ Haughey, John (8 May 2022). "Donegal 2–16 Cavan 0–16: Tir Conaill men survive Breffni onslaught to reach Ulster decider". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  13. ^ Bogue, Declan (12 June 2022). "Armagh power past Donegal to book All-Ireland quarter-final". The42.ie. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  14. ^ "Donegal Senior Football Squad 2023". 23 May 2017. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023.
  15. ^ Campbell, Peter (17 February 2024). "Ó Baoill stars as Donegal ease past Fermanagh". RTÉ.ie.
  16. ^ Keane, Paul (31 March 2024). "Donegal edge out Armagh as Div 2 final thrills late on". RTÉ.ie.
  17. ^ "Aaron Doherty: Jim McGuinness adds '20% to every Donegal player'". 14 May 2024.
  18. ^ McNulty, Chris (24 April 2019). "Aaron Doherty joins up with Donegal senior football squad". Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  19. ^ Campbell, Peter (21 November 2018). "Aaron Doherty's switch from Gaelic to Finn Harps is 'looking likely': Donegal U-20 and senior team to lose out". Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  20. ^ "Aaron Doherty named among Under-20 award winners". 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.