Donie O'Donovan

Daniel Joseph O'Donovan (31 January 1926 – 28 May 1999) was an Irish Gaelic football manager and player. He played football with his local club St. Nicholas' and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1948 until 1955.^[1] O'Donovan managed Cork to the All-Ireland title in 1973.

Donie O'Donovan

Personal information
Irish name	Dónall Ó Donnabháin
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Right corner-forward
Born	(1926-01-31)31 January 1926 Dillon's Cross, Cork, Ireland
Died	28 May 1999(1999-05-28) (aged 73) Wellington Road, Cork, Ireland
Nickname	Donie
Club(s)
Years	Club
	St. Nicholas' Glen Rovers
Club titles
	Football	Hurling
Cork titles	3	6
Munster titles	1	0
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1947-1955	Cork	15 (5-03)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	2
All-Irelands	0
NFL	1

Biography

Born Daniel Joseph O'Donovan at 150 Old Youghal Road, Dillon's Cross, Cork into a family with strong sporting and Irish republican background. He was a nephew of Cork IRA officer Dan "Sandow" O'Donovan. He followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather and became a carpenter by trade. He married Cork camogie player Sheila Cahill in the 1950s, and they had three sons. The eldest, Diarmuid O'Donovan is Assistant CEO of the Evening Echo and a sports columnist with that newspaper.

Honours

Player

St. Nicholas

• Munster Senior Club Football Championship: 1966
• Cork Senior Football Championship: 1954, 1965, 1966

Glen Rovers

• Cork Senior Hurling Championship: 1944, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1954

Cork

• Munster Senior Football Championship: 1949, 1952
• National Football League: 1951-52

Munster

• Railway Cup: 1949

Management

Glen Rovers

• Cork Senior Hurling Championship: 1989

St. Nicholas

• Munster Senior Club Football Championship: 1966
• Cork Senior Football Championship: 1965, 1966

Cork

• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1973
• Munster Senior Football Championship: 1966, 1967, 1973, 1974

Munster

• Railway Cup: 1972