David Herity

David Herity (born 12 April 1983) is an Irish hurling manager and former dual player of hurling and Gaelic football.

David Herity

Personal information
Irish name	Daithí Ó hAghartaigh
Sport	Hurling
Position	Goalkeeper
Born	(1983-04-12) 12 April 1983 (age 42) Dunnamaggin, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Occupation	Primary school teacher
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Dunnamaggin Kilmoganny
Club titles
	Football	Hurling
Kilkenny titles	0	0
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2003–2014	Kilkenny	13 (0–0)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	5
All-Irelands	5
NHL	5
All Stars	0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 18:13, 30 September 2012.

Herity played for Kilkenny Championship club Dunnamaggin and was a member of the Kilkenny senior hurling team for eight seasons, during which time he lined out as a goalkeeper. He began his hurling career at club level with Dunnamaggin. He broke onto the club's top adult team as a 17-year-old in 2000, having his greatest success that year when the club won the Kilkenny Intermediate Championship title. Herity also played Gaelic football with the Kilmoganny club.

At inter-county level, Herity was part of the Kilkenny minor team that won Leinster Minor Hurling Championship (MHC) titles in 1999 and 2001 before later winning back-to-back All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship titles with the under-21 team in 2003 and 2004. He joined the Kilkenny senior team in 2003. Herity subsequently established himself as the team's first-choice goalkeeper and made a combined total of 30 National League and Championship appearances in a career that ended with his last game in 2014. During that time he was part of five All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship-winning teams: 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2014. Herity also secured five Leinster Senior Hurling Championship medals and five National Hurling League medals. He announced his retirement from inter-county hurling on 24 November 2014.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

After retiring as an inter-county player, Herity was appointed manager of the Kildare senior hurling team.^[6]

Playing career

Club

Herity plays for the local Dunnamaggin club. He won a Leinster senior club league title in 2009.

Minor and under-21

Herity first played for Kilkenny in 1999 when he joined the minor side. He won his first Leinster MHC medal that year following a 2–13 to 1–11 defeat of Wexford.

Two years later Herity was still eligible for the minor grade. He collected a second Leinster medal that year following another defeat of Wexford, this time by a scoreline of 3–16 to 1–9.

By 2003 Herity was a key member of the Kilkenny under-21 team. He won his first Leinster U21HC medal that year following a 0–12 to 1–4 defeat of Dublin. Kilkenny later faced Galway in the All-Ireland U21HC decider. Galway struggled in attack and conceded a goal a minute into the second half. The 2–13 to 0–12 scoreline gave Herity his first All-Ireland medal in the grade.^[7]

Herity collected a second Leinster U21HC medal in 2004, defeating Wexford again, this time by a scoreline of 0–16 to 2–3. The subsequent All-Ireland U21HC final against Tipperary saw Kilkenny scoring key goals early in the opening half, which helped them to a 3–21 to 1–6 victory.^[8]

Senior

While still a member of the under-21 team in 2003, Herity joined the senior team as a member of the extended league panel. He won a National Hurling League medal as a non-playing substitute that year following Kilkenny's 5–14 to 5–13 extra-time defeat of Tipperary.^[9]

After several years away from the team, Herity returned as third-choice goalkeeper in 2008. He won a set of Leinster SHC and All-Ireland SHC medals as a non-playing substitute that year, before collecting another set the following year. Herity added a third Leinster SHC medal to his collection in 2010, once again as an unused substitute.

In 2011, Herity succeeded P. J. Ryan as Kilkenny's first-choice goalkeeper for the championship campaign. A 4–17 to 1–15 defeat of Dublin gave Kilkenny a record-equalling seventh successive championship.^[10] It was Herity's first winners' medal on the field of play. Kilkenny subsequently faced Tipperary in the 2011 All-Ireland SHC decider on 4 September. Goals by Michael Fennelly and Richie Hogan in either half gave Kilkenny, who many viewed as underdog ahead of the game, a 2–17 to 1–16 victory.^[11] Herity collected his first All-Ireland medal as a full member of the team.

2012 began well for Herity when he collected a second National League medal on the field of play following a 3–21 to 0–16 demolition of old rivals Cork.^[12] Kilkenny were later shocked by Galway in the Leinster SHC decider, losing by 2–21 to 2–11; however, both sides subsequently met in the 2012 All-Ireland SHC decider on 9 September.^[13] Kilkenny led going into the final stretch; however, Joe Canning struck a stoppage time equaliser to level the game at 2–13 to 0–19 and send the final to a replay for the first time since 1959.^[14] The replay took place three weeks later on 30 September 2012. Galway stunned the reigning champions with two first-half goals; however, Kilkenny's championship debutant Walter Walsh gave a man of the match performance, claiming a haul of 1–3. This 3–22 to 3–11 Kilkenny victory gave Herity a second All-Ireland SHC medal.

After impressing as a goalkeeper during several games in the 2013 National League campaign, Eoin Murphy succeeded in supplanting Herity as first-choice goalkeeper.^[15]

Herity was confined to the substitutes' bench once again in 2014; however, an elbow injury to Murphy saw Herity being restored as first-choice goalkeeper for the latter stages of the provincial championship.^[16] He subsequently secured a second Leinster SHC medal, as a dominant display gave Kilkenny a 0–14 to 1–9 victory over Dublin.^[17] Herity made way for Murphy during the subsequent All-Ireland SHC final and replay; however, he collected a fifth All-Ireland SHC medal overall, his third as a non-playing substitute, following a 2–17 to 2–14 defeat of Tipperary in the decider.^[18]

Inter-provincial

Herity lined out for Leinster in the Interprovincial Championship. He secured a winners' medal in this competition in 2012 following a 2–19 to 1–15 defeat of Connacht.^[19]

Managerial career

Herity became manager of the Kildare hurling team in 2018.^[20] That team won the 2020 Christy Ring Cup under his leadership.^[6] Herity had previously managed the Dublin camogie team, but quit after two years.^[21]

Herity was named as goalkeeping coach for Tipperary ahead of the 2024 season.^[22]

Career statistics

Inter-county

Team	Year	National League			Leinster		All-Ireland		Total
		Division	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score
Kilkenny	2003	Division 1A	0	0-00	—		—		0	0-00
	2004		—		—		—		—
	2005	Division 1	—		—		—		—
	2006		—		—		—		—
	2007		—		—		—		—
	2008		0	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00
	2009		3	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00	3	0-00
	2010		1	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00	1	0-00
	2011		5	0-00	2	0-00	2	0-00	9	0-00
	2012	Division 1A	5	0-00	2	0-00	4	0-00	11	0-00
	2013		1	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00	1	0-00
	2014		3	0-00	1	0-00	1	0-00	5	0-00
Total			18	0-00	5	0-00	7	0-00	30	0-00

Honours

As player

Kilkenny

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (5): 2008 (sub), 2009 (sub), 2011, 2012, 2014 (sub)
• Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (5): 2008 (sub), 2009 (sub), 2010 (sub), 2011, 2014
• National Hurling League (5): 2003 (sub), 2009 (sub), 2012, 2013 (sub), 2014 (sub)
• All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship (2): 2003, 2004
• Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship (2): 2003, 2004
• Leinster Minor Hurling Championship (2): 1999, 2001

Leinster

• Railway Cup (1): 2012

As manager

Kildare

• Christy Ring Cup (1): 2020