Jer Doheny
| Personal information | |||
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| Irish name | Jer Ó Dúchonna | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Right corner-forward | ||
| Born | 1874 Ballycallan, County Kilkenny, Ireland |
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| Died | 1929 Tullaroan, County Kilkenny, Ireland |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Nickname | Jer | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
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Tullaroan Threecastles Johnstown |
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| Club titles | |||
| Kilkenny titles | 10 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1893-1905 | Kilkenny | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 8 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
Jeremiah "Jer" Doheny (1874–1929) was an Irish hurler who played as a right corner-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.
Born in Ballycallan, County Kilkenny, Doheny first excelled at hurling in his youth. He made his senior debut during the 1893 championship and became a regular player over the next decade. During that time Doheny won one All-Ireland medal and eight Leinster medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on four occasions.
At club level Doheny was a ten-time championship medallist with Tullaroan and Johnstown, while ha also played with Threecastles.
Doheny retired from inter-county hurling during the 1905 championship.
In retirement from playing Doheny became involved in administrative affairs. He served as chairman of the Kilkenny County Board
Jer Doheny was born in Ballycallan, County Kilkenny in 1874. The son of John and Annie Doheny and a cousin of another great Kilkenny hurler, Pat 'Fox' Maher, he was educated locally and later, like many of his contemporaries, he worked as a farmer in nearby Tullaroan. Doheny was an all-round sportsperson who also played cricket in the early 1890s, however, he later concentrated on the game of hurling.
Doheny played his club hurling with the famous Tullaroan club in Kilkenny and enjoyed much success over the course of two decades. He won his first county senior championship winners’ medal with the club in 1895 as Tullaroan defeated Thresscastles. Two years later in 1897 Doheny added a second county title to his collection when Mooncoin were trounced in the final. After surrendering the title again in 1898 Tullaroan were back the following year. A 3-6 to 1-5 victory in the county final gave Doheny a third county title. The early years of the new century saw Tullaroan continue their dominance of the county championship. Doheny was a key player as the club annexed back-to-back county titles in 1901 and 1902. After their three-in-a-row bid faltered Tullaroan were back in 1904, with Doheny picking up a sixth county winners’ medal. Defeat in the next two county finals was followed by success in 1907. It was Doheny’s seventh championship victory with his club. He finished off his club career by winning back-to-back county champions winners’ medals in 1910 and 1911. Doheny also won a county final with the Threecastles club, bringing his tally of county championship winners’ medals to ten.
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