Cormac O'Doherty
Cormac O'Doherty (born 1996) is a dual player of Gaelic games, i.e. hurling and Gaelic football, who plays for Derry Championship club Slaughtneil and at inter-county level for the Derry senior hurling team. He usually lines out at midfield and is captain of the team for the 2021 season.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Cormac Ó Dochartaigh | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Midfield | ||
| Born |
1996 (age 26–27) Maghera, Northern Ireland | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2013–present | Slaughtneil | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Derry titles | 5 | 10 | |
| Ulster titles | 3 | 3 | |
| All-Ireland titles | 0 | 0 | |
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2017–present | Derry | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Ulster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Career
O'Doherty first came to Gaelic games prominence as a student at St Patrick's College in Maghera, winning consecutive MacRory Cup titles and a Hogan Cup title in 2013.[2] He joined the Slaughtneil senior hurling and football teams. Since his debut as a dual player, he won six Ulster Club Championship titles and 13 County Championship titles across both codes. O'Doherty first appeared on the inter-county scene during a three-year tenure with the Derry minor team, before later winning an Ulster Championship title with the under-21 team.[3] He was drafted onto the Derry senior hurling team in 2017 and won a Nicky Rackard Cup in his debut season.[4]
Career statistics
- As of match played 24 July 2021.
| Team | Year | National League | Rackard Cup | Ring Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Derry | 2017 | Division 2B | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-01 | — | 1 | 0-01 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0-05 | — | 3 | 1-34 | 5 | 1-39 | |||
| 2019 | 4 | 0-30 | — | 4 | 2-24 | 8 | 2-54 | |||
| 2020 | 6 | 1-64 | — | 2 | 0-14 | 8 | 1-78 | |||
| 2021 | 4 | 0-35 | — | 4 | 0-32 | 8 | 0-67 | |||
| 2022 | 5 | 0-40 | — | 5 | 0-23 | 10 | 0-63 | |||
| 2023 | Division 2A | 5 | 1-42 | — | 5 | 2-34 | 10 | 3-76 | ||
| Total | 26 | 2-216 | 1 | 0-01 | 23 | 5-161 | 50 | 7-378 | ||
Honours
- St Patrick's College
- Hogan Cup: 2014
- MacRory Cup: 2013, 2014
- Slaughtneil
- Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship: 2016, 2017, 2019
- Ulster Senior Club Football Championship: 2014, 2016, 2017
- Derry Senior Hurling Championship: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- Derry Senior Football Championship: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020
- Derry
- Nicky Rackard Cup: 2017
- Ulster Under-21 Hurling Championship: 2017
- National Hurling League Div. 2B: 2022
References
- McMullan, Michael (29 April 2021). "Derry hurlers name new skipper". Derry Now. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- "St Pat's Maghera and Cnoc Mhuire Granard claim All-Ireland schools titles". The 42. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- "Ulster U21HC final: awesome Oak Leafers see off Ardsmen". Hogan Stand. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- "Derry power to Nicky Rackard Cup final win at Croke Park". Irish Independent. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2021.