Donal Sheehan
{{Short description|Irish hurler (1940–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=July 2021}}
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| sport = Hurling
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| name = Donal Sheehan
| irish = Dónall Ó Síocháin
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| feet = 5
| inches = 10
| nickname = Fox
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| county = Cork
| province = Munster
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| clubs = Na Piarsaigh
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| counties = Cork
| icposition = Centre-forward
| icyears = 1962–1966
| icapps(points) = 6 (2–01)
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| birth_place = Farranree, Cork, Ireland
| death_place = Wilton, Cork, Ireland
| birth_date = 1940
| death_date = 18 July 2021 (aged 81)
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Donal Sheehan (1940 – 18 July 2021) was an Irish hurler. He played hurling at club level with Na Piarsaigh and at inter-county level as a member of the Cork senior hurling team.
Career
Sheehan joined the Na Piarsaigh club at a young age and played in all grades up to senior before being drafted onto the Cork senior hurling team.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-10056557.html|title=Cork’s rich pickings at Piarsaigh|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=13 September 2003|accessdate=21 July 2021|first=Michael|last=Ellard}} He made his first appearance for team as a centre-forward during the 1962 Munster Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/corkman/sport/other-sports/the-eleventh-clash-between-cork-and-waterford-in-the-munster-final-27059334.html|title=The eleventh clash between Cork and Waterford in the Munster final|publisher=The Corkman|date=27 June 2003|accessdate=21 July 2021|first=|last=}} Sheehan was off and on the team at various times over the following few seasons and was a non-playing substitute when the team won the All-Ireland Championship in 1966.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-20419245.html|title=The mission accomplished to end Cork famine in 1966|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=3 September 2016|accessdate=8 November 2020|first=Michael|last=Moynihan}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/Article/Index/310428|title=Cork 1966 All-Ireland winner passes away|publisher=Hogan Stand|date=17 May 2021|accessdate=8 November 2020|first=|last=}} He had earlier won a Munster Championship medal as a substitute.
Death
Honours
References
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