Joe McDonagh
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Seosamh Mac Donnchadha | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Right wing-back | ||
| Born | 1953 Tuam, County Galway, Ireland |
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| Died | May 20, 2016 (aged 62–63) Galway, Ireland |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Occupation | CEO of Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
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Ballinderreen Cortoon Shamrocks Barna |
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| Club titles | |||
| Galway titles | 0 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| University College Galway | |||
| College titles | |||
| Fitzgibbon titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1972-1983 | Galway | 15 (0-00) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NHL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 21:22, 9 February 2014. | |||
Joseph "Joe" McDonagh (1953 – 20 May 2016) was an Irish Gaelic games administrator, who served as the President of the Gaelic Athletic Association from 1997 until 2000, and formerly a hurler with the Galway senior hurling team.
Born in Tuam, County Galway, McDonagh was introduced to hurling by his father, a long-serving Gaelic games administrator and schoolteacher. He developed his hurling skills at Coláiste Éinde, while also excelling at Gaelic football as a result of the coaching of teacher Enda Colleran. McDonagh enjoyed a lengthy club hurling career with Ballinderreen, while he also played Gaelic football with Cortoon Shamrocks and Barna.
With University College Galway, McDonagh was a Fitzgibbon Cup medal-winner in 1977, while he was also a regular on the Sigerson Cup team.
McDonagh made his début on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Galway minor team. An All-Ireland runner-up in this grade, he later won an All-Ireland medal with the under-21 team. McDonagh made his senior début during the 1972-73 league. He went on to play a key role for Galway during a breakthrough era, and won one All-Ireland medal as a non-playing substitute in 1980 and one National Hurling League medal. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions. One of the most iconic moments he is associated with is his rendition of ‘The West’s Awake’ from the Hogan Stand in Croke Park after winning that All-Ireland with Galway in 1980.
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