Dick Doherty
{{short description|Irish hurler (1886–1966)}}
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| code= Hurling
| sport = Hurling
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| name = Dick Doherty
| irish = Risteard Ó Dochartaigh
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| nickname =
| occupation = Publican
| county = Kilkenny
| province = Leinster
| club = Mooncoin
| clposition = Half-back
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| clcounty = 3
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| clallireland =
| counties = Kilkenny
| icposition = Half-back
| icyears = 1906-1913
| icapps(points) =
| icprovince = 5
| icallireland = 5
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1886|1|23}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1966|4|11|1886|1|23}}
| birth_place = Mooncoin,
County Kilkenny, Ireland
| death_place = Thomastown,
County Kilkenny, Ireland
}}
Patrick Richard Doherty (21 January 1886 – 11 April 1966) was an Irish hurler. At club level, he played with Mooncoin and at inter-county level with the Kilkenny senior hurling team.
Career
Doherty first played hurling as a member of the Mooncoin club in south Kilkenny. He was part of the club's team that won Kilkenny SHC titles in 1906, 1908 and 1913.{{cite web|url=http://homepage.eircom.net/~mooncoinkkgaa/history.htm|title=Mooncoins GAA History|publisher=Mooncoin GAA website|date=|access-date=16 June 2025|first=|last=}}{{cite web|url=https://kilkennygaa.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2018-KK-Bible.pdf|title=Kilkenny GAA Bible|publisher=Kilkenny GAA website|date=|accessdate=1 January 2025|first=|last=}} Doherty retired from hurling shortly after his third title victory, however, he returned for one final game when, in 1924, he replaced the injured Wattie Dunphy.{{cite web|url=https://finbarrconnolly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/dick20doherty20mooncoin.jpg|title=Dick Doherty passes on|publisher=Irish Press|date=15 April 1966|access-date=16 June 2025|first=|last=}}
At inter-county level, Doherty joined the Kilkenny senior hurling team in 1906. His career yielded five Leinster SHC medals in seven seasons between 1907 and 1913.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-20466347.html|title=Knitting the threads of Kilkenny’s hurling history|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=27 January 2018|access-date=16 June 2025|first=|last=}} Doherty also won five All-Ireland SHC medals after defeats of Cork (1907 and 1912) and Tipperary (1909, 1911, 1913).{{cite web|url=https://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/ned-quinn-you-were-reared-atmosphere-hurling|title=Ned Quinn: 'You were reared in an atmosphere of hurling'|publisher=GAA website|date=25 May 2018|access-date=16 June 2025|first=|last=}}{{cite web|url=https://hoganstand.com/kilkenny/Profile|title=Kilkenny profile|publisher=Irish Press|date=15 April 1966|access-date=16 June 2025|first=|last=}} His other honours include back-to-back Railway Shield titles with Leinster.
Death
Doherty died at St Columba's Hospital in Thomastown on 11 April 1966, at the age of 80.{{cite web|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA/Default.aspx#panel=document|title=Obituaries|publisher=Waterford News & Star|date=15 April 1966|access-date=16 June 2025|first=|last=}}
Honours
References
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Category:Kilkenny inter-county hurlers