| James O'Donoghue | |
| Irish: | Séamus Ó Donnchú |
| Occupation: | Bank official |
| Birth Date: | 19 June 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Height: | 1.80NaN0 |
| Sport: | Gaelic football |
| Code: | Football |
| County: | Kerry |
| Province: | Munster |
| Club: | Killarney Legion |
| Clposition: | Right corner forward |
| Clcounty: | 1 |
| Colleges: | University of Limerick |
| Colyears: | 2008–2013 |
| Sig: | 0 |
| Counties: | Kerry |
| Icyears: | 2010–2022 |
| Icposition: | Left corner-forward |
| Icapps(Points): | 40 (11–105) |
| Icprovince: | 9 |
| Icallireland: | 1 |
| Nfl: | 3 |
| Allstars: | 2 |
| Icupdate: | 17:08, 21 February 2022 |
James O'Donoghue (born 19 June 1990) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Kerry SFC club Killarney Legion. He is a former player at senior level for the Kerry county team.
Born in Killarney, County Kerry, O'Donoghue's father, Diarmuid, won two All-Ireland medals with the Kerry senior football team under Mick O'Dwyer.[1] He first came to prominence at juvenile and underage levels with the Killarney Legion club, while also enjoying Corn Uí Mhuirí success with St. Brendan's College.[2] O'Donoghue first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Kerry minor football team that won the Munster Minor Championship in 2008. His two seasons with the under-21 team yielded little in terms of success before making his senior team debut during the 2010 National League. O'Donoghue made a combined total of 76 league and championship appearances and was named Footballer of the Year in 2014, having earlier helped Kerry to the All-Ireland Championship title.[3] [4] His other honours include nine Munster Championships and three National League titles. O'Donoghue announced his inter-county retirement in January 2022.[5] [6] [7]
O'Donoghue did a Level 7 Sports and Exercise Course at the University of Limerick between 2008 and 2013. He became a Qualified Financial Advisor in Banking and Financial Support Services after doing a course at IOB (a recognised college of University College Dublin) between 2015 and 2018. He worked as a bartender in Dan Linehans Bar between November 2004 and January 2015. He began working as a mortgage advisor for Allied Irish Banks in February 2015.[8]
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | |||
| Kerry | 2010 | Division 1 | 2 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | |
| 2011 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-01 | 2 | 0-01 | 3 | 0-02 | |||
| 2012 | 6 | 0-05 | 2 | 0-03 | 4 | 1-08 | 12 | 1-16 | |||
| 2013 | 6 | 1-05 | 3 | 1-08 | 1 | 2-03 | 10 | 4-16 | |||
| 2014 | 6 | 0-07 | 1 | 0-10 | 4 | 4-14 | 11 | 4-31 | |||
| 2015 | 7 | 2-21 | 3 | 1-03 | 3 | 0-10 | 13 | 3-34 | |||
| 2016 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-04 | 2 | 0-06 | 3 | 0-10 | |||
| 2017 | 3 | 0-10 | 2 | 0-16 | 3 | 0-07 | 8 | 0-33 | |||
| 2018 | 1 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-07 | 3 | 1-02 | 6 | 1-09 | |||
| 2019 | 3 | 0-02 | 1 | 1-01 | 2 | 0-01 | 6 | 1-04 | |||
| 2020 | 2 | 0-05 | 0 | 0-00 | — | 2 | 0-05 | ||||
| 2021 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | — | 0 | 0-00 | ||||
| Total | 36 | 3-55 | 16 | 3-53 | 24 | 8-52 | 76 | 14-160 | |||