Code: | Hurling |
Sport: | Hurling |
Donal Sheehan | |
Irish: | Dónall Ó Síocháin |
Feet: | 5 |
Inches: | 10 |
Nickname: | Fox |
County: | Cork |
Province: | Munster |
Clubs: | Na Piarsaigh |
Clcounty: | 0 |
Counties: | Cork |
Icposition: | Centre-forward |
Icyears: | 1962–1966 |
Icapps(Points): | 6 (2–01) |
Icprovince: | 1 |
Icallireland: | 1 |
Nhl: | 0 |
Birth Place: | Farranree, Cork, Ireland |
Death Place: | Wilton, Cork, Ireland |
Birth Date: | 1940 |
Death Date: | 18 July 2021 (aged 81) |
Donal Sheehan (1940 – 18 July 2021) was an Irish hurler. He played hurling at club level with Na Piarsaigh and at inter-county level as a member of the Cork senior hurling team.
Sheehan joined the Na Piarsaigh club at a young age and played in all grades up to senior before being drafted onto the Cork senior hurling team.[1] He made his first appearance for team as a centre-forward during the 1962 Munster Championship.[2] Sheehan was off and on the team at various times over the following few seasons and was a non-playing substitute when the team won the All-Ireland Championship in 1966.[3] [4] He had earlier won a Munster Championship medal as a substitute.
Sheehan died at Cork University Hospital on 18 July 2021.[5]
1966