Donal Aherne

Donal (Dan) Aherne
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Midfield
Born 1950
Glanworth, County Cork, Ireland
Occupation Business coach
Club(s)
Years Club
Glanworth
Club titles
Cork titles 5
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
1967-1973
Cork 1 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 1
All-Irelands 1
NFL 0
All Stars 0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 21:28, 18 December 2016.

Donal Aherne (born 1950) is an Irish retired Gaelic football coach and player. He had a brief league and championship career with the Cork senior team from 1971 until 1973.

Career[edit]

Born in Glanworth, County Cork, Aherne first played competitive Gaelic football at underage levels with Glanworth. He won back-to-back county minor championship medals in 1966 and 1967, before claiming a county junior championship medal in 1971. Aherne also won a county intermediate championship medal in 1976.

Aherne made his debut on the inter-county scene when he was selected on the Cork minor team in 1967. He played in two championship seasons with the minors and collected back-to-back All-Ireland medals as captain.[1] Aherne subsequently joined the Cork under-21 team, winning back-to-back All-Ireland medals in 1970 and 1971.[2] He joined the Cork senior team in 1972. He was a member of the extended panel when the team won the All-Ireland title in 1973.[3]

Honours[edit]

Glanworth
Cork

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Cork minor football teams: 1929-1969" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Cork U21 football teams: 1962-2010" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Cork SFC teams: 1970-1979" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 12 March 2013.