David Nally
{{Short description|Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer}}
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{{Use Hiberno-English|date=May 2024}}
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| sport = Hurling
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| name = David Nally
| irish = Daithí Ó Nallaí
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| occupation = Accountant
| county = Offaly
| province = Leinster
| club = Belmont (SH)
Ferbane (SH)
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| clyears = 2017-present
2017-present
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| colleges = Athlone Institute of Technology
| colyears = 2018-2022
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| counties = Offaly
| icposition = Midfield
| icyears = 2019-present
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| nhl = 0
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| birth_date = 1999
| birth_place = Ferbane,
County Offaly, Ireland
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David Nally (born 1999) is an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer. At club level he plays with Belmont and Ferbane and at inter-county level with the Offaly senior hurling team.
Career
Nally began his club career at juvenile and underage levels as a dual player with Belmont and Ferbane. During that time he also lined out with the Offaly Schools amalgamated team in various Leinster Colleges competitions.{{cite web|url=https://leinstergaa.ie/marist-college-naas-cbs-contest-schools-football-final/|title=Marist College & Naas CBS To Contest Schools Football Final|publisher=Leinster GAA website|date=17 February 2018|access-date=7 June 2023|first=|last=}} Nally progressed to adult club level and had his first success in 2018 when Ferbane won the Offaly IFC title. A year later he claimed an Offaly SFC medal after a 2–13 to 0–14 defeat of Rhode.{{cite web |url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Offaly/Article/Index/304842|title=Offaly SFC final: Johnson stars as Ferbane dethrone Rhode |access-date=17 October 2019 |publisher=Hogan Stand |date=13 October 2019}}
Bally began his inter-county hurling career with Offaly during an unsuccessful two-year tenure with the minor team in 2016 and 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/slaneysiders-breeze-past-plucky-offaly/35666469.html|title=Slaneysiders breeze past plucky Offaly|publisher=Irish Independent|date=30 April 2017|access-date=7 June 2023|first=|last=}} He later spent a season with the under-20 team in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/wexford-offaly-leinster-u20-hurling-championship-report-4709289-Jul2019/|title=Wexford's Leinster clean sweep dream alive after hard-fought Offaly win|publisher=The 42|date=3 July 2019|access-date=7 June 2023|first=|last=}} Nally made his senior team debut in a National Hurling League game against Waterford in January 2019.{{cite web |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2019/0127/1025794-waterford-bulldoze-sorry-offaly-in-thurles-mauling/|title=Waterford bulldoze sorry Offaly in Thurles mauling|access-date=17 October 2019 |publisher=RTÉ Sport |date=27 January 2019}} He had his first senior successes when Offaly claimed National League Division 2A titles in 2021 and 2023.{{cite web |url=https://offaly.gaa.ie/2023/04/02/hurlers-return-to-division-1-of-the-allianz-league/|title=Hurlers Return To Division 1 Of The Allianz League|access-date=17 October 2023 |publisher=Offaly GAA website |date=2 April 2023}} Nally also lined out in the defeat by Carlow in 2023 Joe McDonagh Cup final.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/carlow-dig-deep-to-snatch-joe-mcdonagh-cup-from-offaly-after-extra-time/a1135965144.html|title=Carlow dig deep to snatch Joe McDonagh Cup from Offaly after extra time|publisher=Irish Independent|date=27 May 223|access-date=7 June 2023|first=|last=}}
Honours
;Ferbane
- Offaly Senior Football Championship: 2019
- Offaly Intermediate Football Championship: 2018
;Offaly
References
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Category:Ferbane Gaelic footballers