Joe Dooley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Seosamh Ó Dulaoích | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left Corner Forward | ||
| Born |
12 November 1963 Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland |
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| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Occupation | ESB Employee | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1980-2006 | Seir Kieran | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Offaly titles | 4 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1982-2000 | Offaly | 51 (14-72) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 6 | ||
| All-Irelands | 3 | ||
| NHL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
Joe Dooley (born 13 November 1963) is an Irish former hurler and manager.
Regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation, Dooley enjoyed a successful playing career at club level with Seir Kieran and remains the only Offaly player to have won three All-Ireland titles. After a spell as player-manager with Seir Kieran, Dooley worked as manager with Tullamore, Toomevara and Offaly. He managed the Irish Senior International Shinty team for three years against Scotland and has managed the Linster Senior Hurling team for the period 2012 to 2014.
Born in Clareen, County Offaly, Dooley was the eldest of a family of five boys and four girl and was born into a family that was steeped in hurling history. His paternal and maternal granduncles and his grandftaher played for Offaly in the junior All-Ireland finals of 1915,1923 and 1929. Other members of the famous Dooley family include brothers Billy and Johnny, as well as his son Shane. He married wife Marie in 1985 and as well as eldest son Shane, they have two daughters, Aideen, and Niamh.
Dooley played his club hurling with the Seir Kieran club and enjoyed much success in a career that last for a quarter of a century.
In 1985 Seir Kieran qualified for their first county championship decider in over thirty years and Dooley was one of the key forwards. He bagged a grand total of 1-4 in the game, however, Kinnitty routed their opponents by 3-18 to 2-8.
Two years later Seir Kieran were back in the county final again. Club kingpins St. Rynagh's provided the opposition and a close game developed. Dooley was Seir Kieran's top scorer again with five points, however, the Banagher-based club recorded an 0-11 to 0-9 victory.
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