Jason Doherty

{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer}}

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|sport = Gaelic football

|code = Football

|county = Mayo

|province = Connacht

|club = Burrishoole

|clyears = 2006–

|clposition = Centre/Wing Forward

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|icyears = 2011–2023

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Jason Doherty (born 21 November 1989) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Burrishoole and, formerly, the Mayo county team.{{cite web|url=http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12085:doherty-delivers-on-mayo-debut&catid=14&Itemid=100008|title=Doherty delivers on his first day out|date= 1 March 2011|work=Mayo News|accessdate=9 October 2012 }} He started at centre forward in the 2012 All-Ireland Final which Mayo lost by 0-13 to 2-11 against Donegal.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/northern-ireland/19693260 |title=Donegal 2-11 0-13 Mayo|date= 23 September 2012|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=4 October 2012 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/murphy-rocket-sees-donegal-strike-gold-3239536.html|title=Murphy rocket sees Donegal strike gold|date= 24 September 2012|work=Irish Independent|accessdate=4 October 2012 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.thescore.ie/donegal-mayo-2-605817-Sep2012/|title=As it happened: Donegal v Mayo, All-Ireland SFC final|date=23 September 2012|work=the score|accessdate=9 October 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925231403/http://www.thescore.ie/donegal-mayo-2-605817-Sep2012/|archivedate=25 September 2012}}

He studied at NUI Galway and played for the university football team.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/gardiner-digs-deep-to-bury-it-sligo-26705879.html|title=Gardiner digs deep to bury IT Sligo|newspaper=Irish Independent|date=18 February 2011|accessdate=18 February 2011|quote=Mayo's Peadar Gardiner, Alan Dillon and Ronan Rochford inspired NUI Galway to an impressive victory in Ballinode.... Jason Doherty smacked another goal attempt off an upright, but managed to point the rebound. Paul Garvey's pointed free at the other end kept it tight, but Keating's red card a minute later cost IT Sligo dearly, with Fiacra Deasmhunhaigh and Doherty claiming goals inside the 10 minutes that followed.}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nuigalway.ie/about-us/news-and-events/news-archive/2013/september2013/nui-galway-students-and-alumni-head-for-croke-park-with-mayo-senior-football-finalists-.html|title=NUI Galway students and alumni head for Croke Park with Mayo senior football finalists|date=17 September 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161217102433/https://www.nuigalway.ie/about-us/news-and-events/news-archive/2013/september2013/nui-galway-students-and-alumni-head-for-croke-park-with-mayo-senior-football-finalists-.html|archivedate=17 December 2016|quote=The Mayo squad contains a large number of current and former students including Ger Cafferkey, Jason Doherty, Alan Dillon, Conor O'Shea, Shane McHale, Chris Barrett and Cathal Freeman. Former Inter-County star James Nallen, who is a selector with the Mayo side, is a Chief Technical Officer in NUI Galway's School of Physics.}}

On 12 August 2023, Doherty announced his retirement from inter-county football after 12 years.{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2023/0812/1399490-mayo-veteran-doherty-announces-inter-county-retirement/|title=Mayo veteran Jason Doherty announces inter-county retirement|publisher=RTÉ News|date=12 August 2023|accessdate=12 August 2023}}