Jer Doheny
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| Jer Doheny | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Sport | Hurling | |
| Full name | Jer Doheny | |
| Place of birth | Ballycallan , County Kilkenny | |
| Club information | ||
| Club | Tullaroan | |
| Position | Forward | |
| Inter-County | ||
| County | Kilkenny | |
| Position | Forward | |
| Inter-County(ies)** | ||
| County | Years | Apps (scores) |
| Kilkenny | 1893-1906 | |
| Senior Inter-County Titles | ||
| Leinster Titles | 7 | |
| All-Ireland | 1 | |
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* club appearances and scores |
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Jer Doheny (1874-1929) was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Tullaroan and with the Kilkenny senior inter-county team in the 1890s and 1900s.
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[edit] Early life
Jer Doheny was born in Ballycallan, County Kilkenny, Ireland in 1874. A cousin of another great Kilkenny hurler, Pat 'Fox' Maher, he spent most of his life in Tullaroan where he worked as a farmer. Doheny played cricket in the early 1890s, however, he later concentrated on the game of hurling.
[edit] Playing career
[edit] Club
Doheny won his very first county title at the age of fourteen in 1888 with the Threecastles club. He later played club hurling with Tullaroan where he won a further nine county titles in 1895, 1897, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1907, 1910 and 1911.
[edit] Inter-county
Doheny first joined the Kilkenny senior hurling team in 1893. That year he won his first Leinster title, however, Kilkenny were subsequently defeated by Cork in the All-Ireland final. Two years later in 1895 Doheny won a second Leinster title, however, Tipperary defeated ‘the Cats’ in the championship decider. He added a third Leinster title to his collection in 1897, however, in spite of leading at half-time in the subsequent All-Ireland final, Limerick emerged as the victors. Doheny captured a fourth provincial title in 1898, however, for the fourth successive occasion Kilkenny were later beaten in an All-Ireland final. He won two further Leinster honours in 1900 and 1903, however, All-Ireland success still eluded him. In 1904 Doheny won a seventh Leinster title as captain of his native-county. Kilkenny later defeated Cork by a single point, giving Doheny his first All-Ireland title. This game wasn’t played until 1906 and Doheny retired from inter-county hurling shortly after.
Jer Doheny died at the age of 55 in 1929.
| Preceded by Mick Dalton |
Kilkenny Senior Hurling Captain 1904 |
Succeeded by D.J. Stapleton |
| Preceded by Steva Riordan (Cork) |
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final winning captain 1904 |
Succeeded by D.J. Stapleton (Kilkenny) |
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