Cormac O'Doherty

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|birth_place = Maghera, Northern Ireland

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|sport = Hurling

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|province = Ulster

|club = Slaughtneil

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Cormac O'Doherty (born 1996) is a dual player of Gaelic games, i.e. hurling and Gaelic football, who plays for Derry Championship club Slaughtneil and at inter-county level for the Derry senior hurling team. He usually lines out at midfield and is captain of the team for the 2021 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.derrynow.com/news/home/629230/derry-hurlers-name-new-skipper.html|title=Derry hurlers name new skipper|date=29 April 2021|publisher=Derry Now|accessdate=9 July 2021|first=Michael|last=McMullan}}

Career

O'Doherty first came to Gaelic games prominence as a student at St Patrick's College in Maghera, winning consecutive MacRory Cup titles and a Hogan Cup title in 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/st-pats-maghera-hogan-cup-868542-Apr2013/|title=St Pat's Maghera and Cnoc Mhuire Granard claim All-Ireland schools titles|date=13 April 2013|publisher=The 42|accessdate=9 July 2021|first=|last=}} He joined the Slaughtneil senior hurling and football teams. Since his debut as a dual player, he won 8 Ulster Club Championship titles and 17 County Championship titles across both codes. O'Doherty first appeared on the inter-county scene during a three-year tenure with the Derry minor team, before later winning an Ulster Championship title with the under-21 team.{{cite web|url=https://hoganstand.com/article/index/273600|title=Ulster U21HC final: awesome Oak Leafers see off Ardsmen|date=26 July 2017|publisher=Hogan Stand|accessdate=9 July 2021|first=|last=}} He was drafted onto the Derry senior hurling team in 2017 and won a Nicky Rackard Cup in his debut season.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/derry-power-to-nicky-rackard-cup-final-win-at-croke-park-35811988.html|title=Derry power to Nicky Rackard Cup final win at Croke Park|date=10 June 2017|publisher=Irish Independent|accessdate=9 July 2021|first=|last=}}

Career statistics

rowspan="2"\|Team !rowspan="2"\|Year !colspan="3"\|National League !colspan="2"\|Rackard Cup !colspan="2"\|Ring Cup !colspan="2"\|Total
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Division	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score
rowspan="7"\|Derry \|2017 \|rowspan="6"\|Division 2B \|0	0-00	1	0-01	colspan=2\|—	1	0-01
2018 \|2	0-05	colspan=2\|—	3	1-34	5	1-39
2019 \|4	0-30	colspan=2\|—	4	2-24	8	2-54
2020 \|6	1-64	colspan=2\|—	2	0-14	8	1-78
2021 \|4	0-35	colspan=2\|—	4	0-32	8	0-67
2022 \|5	0-40	colspan=2\|—	5	0-23	10	0-63
2023 \|rowspan="1"\|Division 2A \|5	1-42	colspan=2\|—	5	2-34	10	3-76
colspan="3"\|Total !26	2-216	1	0-01	23	5-161	50	7-378