Cormac O'Doherty

Cormac O'Doherty
Personal information
Irish name Cormac Ó Dochartaigh[citation needed]
Sport Hurling
Position Midfield
Born 1996 (age 27–28)
Maghera, Northern Ireland
Club(s)
Years Club
2013–present
 Slaughtneil
Club titles
  Football Hurling
Derry titles 5 10
Ulster titles 3 3
All-Ireland titles 0 0
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2017–present
 Derry
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 1
All Stars 0

Cormac O'Doherty (born 1996) is a dual player of Gaelic games, i.e. hurling and Gaelic football, who plays for Derry Championship club Slaughtneil and at inter-county level for the Derry senior hurling team. He usually lines out at midfield and is captain of the team for the 2021 season.[1]

Career

O'Doherty first came to Gaelic games prominence as a student at St Patrick's College in Maghera, winning consecutive MacRory Cup titles and a Hogan Cup title in 2013.[2] He joined the Slaughtneil senior hurling and football teams. Since his debut as a dual player, he won six Ulster Club Championship titles and 13 County Championship titles across both codes. O'Doherty first appeared on the inter-county scene during a three-year tenure with the Derry minor team, before later winning an Ulster Championship title with the under-21 team.[3] He was drafted onto the Derry senior hurling team in 2017 and won a Nicky Rackard Cup in his debut season.[4]

Career statistics

As of match played 24 July 2021.
Team Year National League Rackard Cup Ring Cup Total
Division Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score
Derry 2017 Division 2B 0 0-00 1 0-01 — 1 0-01
2018 2 0-05 — 3 1-34 5 1-39
2019 4 0-30 — 4 2-24 8 2-54
2020 6 1-64 — 2 0-14 8 1-78
2021 4 0-35 — 4 0-32 8 0-67
2022 5 0-40 — 5 0-23 10 0-63
2023 Division 2A 5 1-42 — 5 2-34 10 3-76
Total 26 2-216 1 0-01 23 5-161 50 7-378

Honours

St Patrick's College
Slaughtneil
Derry

References

  1. ^ McMullan, Michael (29 April 2021). "Derry hurlers name new skipper". Derry Now. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  2. ^ "St Pat's Maghera and Cnoc Mhuire Granard claim All-Ireland schools titles". The 42. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Ulster U21HC final: awesome Oak Leafers see off Ardsmen". Hogan Stand. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Derry power to Nicky Rackard Cup final win at Croke Park". Irish Independent. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2021.