Tommy Daly
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Tomás Ó Dálaigh | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Born | 15 September 1894 Tulla, County Clare, Ireland |
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| Died | 21 September 1936 (aged 42) Tuamgraney, County Clare, Ireland |
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| Occupation | Medical doctor | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
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Collegians Tulla |
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| Club titles | |||
| Dublin titles | 3 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| 1914-1927 | University College Dublin | ||
| College titles | |||
| Fitzgibbon titles | 6 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1917-1927 1930-1933 |
Dublin Clare |
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| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 1 | ||
| Leinster titles | 5 | ||
| All-Irelands | 4 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
Thomas "Tommy" Daly (15 September 1894 – 21 September 1936) was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling at various times with his local clubs Tulla in Clare and Collegians in Dublin. Daly also played hurling at inter-county level with both Clare and Dublin between 1917 and 1933. The GAA pitch is called Dr Daly Park which is named after him.
Tommy Daly was born in Tulla, County Clare in 1894. He was educated locally and later attended University College Dublin where he studied medicine. It was at UCD that Daly first tasted success on the hurling field. He was the goalkeeper on the college team that captured the Fitzgibbon Cup title in 1915. Daly won a further five Fitzgibbon Cup titles with the college in 1916, 1917, 1923, 1924 and 1927. After graduation, he practiced medicine in London and regularly returned home for hurling matches.
Tommy Daly died in a car accident in Tuamgraney in 1936.
Daly played his club hurling with his local club in Tulla. After moving to Dublin he joined the local hurling club in UCD. It was with the 'Collegians' that he enjoyed great success as he won three senior county titles in-a-row in 1917, 1918 and 1919. Daly returned to his own native club of Tulla in the early 1930s and captured a county title with that club in 1933.
Daly first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Clare junior hurling team. He won a Munster title with that team in 1914. He later collected an All-Ireland medal in that grade as Clare defeated Laois to take the title.
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