| Code: | Hurling |
| Sport: | Hurling |
| Liam Donnelly | |
| Irish: | Liam Ó Donnaile |
| Fullname: | William G. Donnelly |
| Nickname: | Liam |
| Occupation: | Army officer |
| County: | Dublin |
| Province: | Leinster |
| Clposition: | Centre-back |
| Clubs: | St Vincents |
| Clyears: | 1940s–1950s |
| Counties: | Dublin |
| Icposition: | Centre-back |
| Icyears: | 1948–1953 |
| Icapps(Points): | 7 (0-5) |
| Icprovince: | 1 |
| Birth Place: | Raheny, Dublin, Ireland |
William "Liam" Donnelly (1928– 5 January 2017) was an Irish former hurler who played as a centre-back for the Dublin senior team.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Raised in Raheny, Dublin, Donnelly played both hurling and Gaelic football with his local club, St Vincents. As a minor, he scored the winning goal against Tipperary in the 1946 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship final.[5] He won a Leinster Senior Hurling Championship with the Dublin senior team in 1948 and featured in the 1948 All-Ireland final, which they lost to Waterford.[6]
Outside of sport, Donnelly served as an officer in the Irish Army,[7] and was "third in command" (Support Platoon Commander) of A Company during the Siege of Jadotville in 1961.[3]
Runner-up (1): 1948
Winner (1): 1948
Winner (1): 1945
Winner (2): 1945, 1946