Killian Doyle

{{short description|Irish hurler}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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| sport = Hurling

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| name = Killian Doyle

| irish = Cillian Ó Dúil

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| occupation = Student

| county = Westmeath

| province = Leinster

| club = Raharney

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| clyears = 2014-present

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| clcounty = 2

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| colleges = DCU

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| colyears = 2015-present

| counties = Westmeath

| icposition = Centre-forward

| icyears = 2016-present

| icapps(points) = 14 (3-79)

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| icallireland = 0

| nhl = 0

| allstars = 0

| clupdate =

| icupdate = 13:34, 6 June 2022

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1997|4|18}}

| birth_place = Raharney, County Westmeath, Ireland

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Killian Doyle (born 18 April 1997) is an Irish hurler who plays as a centre-forward with the Westmeath senior team.

Born in Raharney, County Westmeath, Doyle developed as a hurler during his secondary schooling at St. Joseph's Secondary School in Rochfortbridge.{{cite web|url=http://hoganstand.com/Antrim/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=163385|title=Colleges SHC 'B': Joseph's to meet Mary's in final|date=5 March 2012|publisher=Hogan Stand|accessdate=4 June 2017|first=|last=}} Here he was an All-Ireland runner-up in 2012. Doyle simultaneously made his first appearances for the Raharney club at underage levels, before winning county senior championship medals in 2014 and 2016.

Doyle made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of fifteen when he was selected for the Westmeath minor team. He enjoyed four championship seasons with the minor team. Doyle subsequently joined the Westmeath under-21 team. He made his senior debut during the 2016 league.

On 8 September 2022, Doyle was nominated for a PwC All-Star award, Westmeath's first hurling nomination since 1986 when David Kilcoyne won their first and only All-Star.

{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/limerick-kilkenny-allstar-hurling-5860207-Sep2022/|title=12 for Limerick with 10 counties having players on 2022 All-Star hurling nominations|date=8 September 2022|work=The 42 |accessdate=8 September 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/hurling/2022/0907/1321207-limerick-lead-way-as-lakeman-doyle-earns-all-star-nod/|title=Limerick lead way as Westmeath's Doyle earns hurling All-Star nomination|date=8 September 2022|work=RTE Sport |accessdate=8 September 2022}}

Career statistics

{{updated|match played 21 May 2022.}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"|Team

!rowspan="2"|Year

!colspan="3"|National League

!colspan="2"|Leinster

!colspan="2"|All-Ireland

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
rowspan="7" |Westmeath

|2016

| rowspan="4" |Division 2A

|1

0-0120-0310-0040-04
2017

|3

0-0443-0710-0283-13
2018

|4

|0-11

| colspan="2" | -

| colspan="2" | -

|4

|0-11

2019

|6

|0-17

| colspan="2" | -

|1

|0-09

|7

|0-26

2020

| rowspan="2" |Division 1A

|4

|1-28

| colspan="2" | -

| colspan="2" | -

|4

|1-28

2021

|3

|1-15

| colspan="2" | -

| colspan="2" | -

|3

|1-15

2022

|Division 2A

|7

|2-34

|5

|0-58

| colspan="2" | -

|12

|2-92

colspan="3" |Total

|28||4-110||11||3-68||3||0-11||42||7-189

Honours

;Raharney

;Westmeath

References

{{reflist}}

{{Westmeath Hurling Team 2021}}

{{2021 Joe McDonagh Cup Team of the Year}}

{{2024 Joe McDonagh Cup Team of the Year}}

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Category:1997 births

Category:Living people

Category:Raharney hurlers

Category:Westmeath inter-county hurlers

Category:21st-century Irish sportsmen