Dónal O'Grady
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Dónall Ó Gráda | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Full-back | ||
| Born |
31 December 1953 Cork, Ireland |
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Occupation | Retired school principal | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1970s-1980s | St. Finbarr's | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 6 | ||
| Munster titles | 3 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 2 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1981-1984 | Cork | 10 (0-00) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 3 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NHL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Dónal O'Grady (born 31 December 1953) is an Irish former hurler and manager.
O'Grady enjoyed a successful playing career as a full-back with the Cork senior team throughout the early 1980s. In a brief career he won one All-Ireland winner's medal, three Munster winner's medals and one National League winner's medal as captain.
At club level, O'Grady was a double All-Ireland medalist with St. Finbarr's. In addition to this he has also won three Munster club winners' medals and six county championship winners' medals.
Following his retirement from playing he worked as a successful selector, coach and manager at all levels but most notably with the Cork and Limerick senior hurling teams.
O'Grady also does media work and divides his time working for RTÉ and TG4 while also writing for the Irish Examiner.
O'Grady's uncle Kevin McGrath (1921–2001) made GAA history as the first hurler, with Cork, to win three All-Ireland minor medals in a row (1937, 1938 as captain and 1939). He had previously played with North Mon (school level) and with Glen Rovers GAA (club level).
O'Grady played his club hurling with the famous St. Finbarr's club on the south side of Cork city, a club where he enjoyed much success during a career which spanned two decades. He won his first county senior championship winners' medal in 1974 following 'the Barr's' 2-17 to 2-14 defeat of Blackrock. The club later represented Cork in the provincial club series and even reached the final. A 0-7 to 0-3 defeat of Clare's Newmarket-on-Fergus gave O'Grady a coveted Munster club winners' medal. The subsequent All-Ireland club final on St. Patrick’s weekend saw St. Finbarr’s take on the Fenians of Kilkenny. St. Finbarr’s ability to get goals at crucial times proved to be the difference in the 3-8 to 1-6 victory. It was O'Grday's first All-Ireland club title.
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