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Peter Duggan
Personal information
Irish name	Peadar Duagáin
Sport	Hurling
Position	Left wing-forward
Born	September 1993; Clooney, County Clare, Ireland
Height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Occupation	Student
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Clooney-Quin
Club titles
Clare titles	0
Colleges(s)
Years	College
	Limerick Institute of Technology
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles	0
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County
2012-present	Clare
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	0
All-Irelands	2
NHL	2
All Stars	1
	*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of match played 21 July 2024.

Peter Duggan (born September 1993) is an Irish hurler who plays for Clare Senior Championship club Clooney-Quin and at inter-county level with the Clare senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a right wing-forward.

Playing career

Clooney-Quin

Duggan joined the Clooney-Quin club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels before eventually progressing onto the club's senior team.

On 15 October 2017, Duggan was named at left wing-forward but played at full-forward when Clooney-Quin qualified for their first Clare Senior Championship final in 73 years. He scored ten points, including a last minute free to secure a 1-16 to 0-19 draw with Sixmilebridge.^[1] Duggan top scored again with ten points in the replay, however, Clooney-Quin were defeated by 1-20 to 1-14.^[2]

Clare

Minor and under-21

Duggan first played for Clare as a member of the minor team. He made his first appearance on 27 April 2011 when he was introduced as a half-time substitute for Frank Melody in a 6-24 to 1-08 defeat of Kerry in the Munster Championship.^[3] On 10 July, Duggan scored a point from left wing-forward when Clare defeated Waterford by 1-20 to 3-09 in the Munster Championship final.^[4]

On 19 July 2012, Duggan made his first appearance for the Clare under-21 team when he came on as a substitute for Tony Kelly in a 2-22 to 0-09 Munster Championship defeat of Waterford.^[5] On 8 August, he won his first Munster Championship medal when he came on as a substitute in Clare's 1-16 to 1-14 defeat of Tipperary in the final.^[6] On 15 September, Duggan started the All-Ireland final on the bench but came on as a substitute for Aaron Cunningham in the 2-17 to 2-11 defeat of Kilkenny.^[7]

Duggan became a regular member of the Clare under-21 starting fifteen during the 2013 Munster Championship. On 7 August, he won his second successive Munster Championship medal after scoring a goal in Clare's 1-17 to 2-10 defeat of Tipperary in the final.^[8] On 14 September, Duggan won his second successive All-Ireland medal, in spite of being held scoreless, following Clare's 2-28 to 0-12 defeat of Antrim in the final.^[9]

On 30 July 2014, Duggan won a third successive Munster Championship medal after scoring two points from right wing-forward in Clare's 1-28 to 1-13 defeat of Cork in the final.^[10] He was switched to left wing-forward for the All-Ireland final against Wexford on 13 September 2014. Duggan was held scoreless but won a third successive All-Ireland Championship medal after the 2-20 to 3-11 victory.^[11]

Senior

Duggan was called up to the Clare senior hurling team by Davy Fitzgerald in 2012. He made his first appearance on 7 February in a 2-13 to 1-13 defeat of Limerick in the pre-season Waterford Crystal Cup.^[12] Duggan was an unused substitute for the subsequent National Hurling League and All-Ireland Championship campaigns.^{[citation needed]}

On 10 February 2013, Duggan claimed his first silverware when Clare defeated Tipperary by 1-21 to 1-13 to win the Waterford Crystal Cup.^[13] He made his first National League appearance on 14 April in a 0-31 to 2-23 defeat of Cork.^[14] On 2 June, Duggan made his first Munster Championship appearance when he came on as a 29th-minute substitute for Séadna Morey in a 2-20 to 1-15 defeat of Waterford.^[15] On 8 September, he was an unused substitute in the 0-25 to 3-16 draw with Cork in the All-Ireland final.^[16] Duggan was again an unused substitute for the replay on 28 September. In spite of remaining on the bench he won an All-Ireland medal after a 5-16 to 3-16 victory.^[17]

On 23 January 2016, Duggan scored three points when Clare defeated Limerick by 0-18 to 0-17 to win the inaugural Munster League.^[18] On 1 May, he scored a point from right wing-forward in Clare's 0-22 apiece draw with Waterford in the National League final.^[19] Duggan was dropped for the replay on 8 May, however, he won a National League medal as a non-playing substitute following Clare's 1-23 to 2-19 defeat of Waterford.^[20]

On 9 July 2017, Duggan lined out in his first Munster Championship final. After starting the game on the bench he was introduced as a 65th-minute substitute for Cathal Malone in the 1-25 to 1-20 defeat by Cork.^[21]

On 1 July 2018, Duggan top scored with 1-07 for Clare in their 2-24 to 3-19 defeat by Cork in the Munster Championship final.^[22] On 8 August, he was voted as the PwC GAA/GPA Player of the Month for July as a result of his "outstanding form throughout this championship".^[23] Duggan, who ended the championship as top scorer with 3-76, was later named in the right wing-forward position on the All-Star team.^[24]

On 21 July 2024, he started in the half-back line as Clare won the All-Ireland for the first time in 11 years after an extra-time win against Cork by 3-29 to 1-34, claiming their fifth All-Ireland title.^[25]^[26]^[27]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 July 2024.

Team	Year	National League			Munster		All-Ireland		Total
Team	Year	Division	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score
Clare	2012	Division 1B	0	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00
	2013	Division 1A	1	0-00	1	0-00	2	0-04	4	0-04
	2014		5	1-03	1	0-00	2	0-00	8	1-03
	2015		0	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00
	2016	Division 1B	2	1-01	0	0-00	0	0-00	2	1-01
	2017	Division 1A	3	0-01	1	0-00	1	0-01	5	0-02
	2018		6	1-48	5	2-49	3	1-27	14	4-124
	2019		6	3-33	4	0-40	—		10	3-73
	2020		Did not Play
	2021		Did not Play
	2022		3	0-00	5	1-16	2	0-06	10	1-22
	2023				5	1-02	2	0-01	7	1-02
	2024				5	1-05	3	0-03	8	1-08
Total			26	6-86	27	5-112	15	1-42	68	12-239