Eunan Doherty

Eunan Doherty is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Naomh Conaill and the Donegal county team.

Eunan Doherty

Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Club(s)
Years	Club
201?–	Naomh Conaill
Club titles
Donegal titles	5
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2015–	Donegal

Doherty has won five Donegal Senior Football Championship titles and played for his county over many years, under several different managers.

Playing career

Club

Doherty has scored important goals for his club in the past.^[1][2]

Doherty won a Donegal Senior Football Championship (SFC) in 2015, starting the final for his club.^[3]

He helped his club to its third consecutive Donegal Senior Football Championship final in 2019.^[4] His club won that title, after a three-game final in which he scored 0–2 in the second game, but was held scoreless in the low-scoring first and third games.^[5] Naomh Conaill retained the title in 2020, with Doherty playing in the final, which was delayed until August 2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.^[6]

Doherty also won the 2022 Donegal Senior Football Championship, playing in the final, a one-point win.^[7][8][9] He then won the 2023 Donegal Senior Football Championship, scoring 0–1 in the final against Gaoth Dobhair.^[10][11][12]

Inter-county

First featuring for his county as a player at senior level under the management of Rory Gallagher, Doherty was added to the senior panel in 2014, ahead of the 2015 Dr McKenna Cup.^[13][14]

Doherty made what was both his inter-county debut, and also his first start, in Gallagher's first match in charge of the county, a 2015 Dr McKenna Cup away defeat to Derry.^[15] He continued to play in other games that year.^[16]

Still involved with his county under Gallagher's successor as manager Declan Bonner, Doherty played against Tyrone in the 2021 National Football League.^[17]

He also played in the 2021 National Football League semi-final against Dublin.^[18]

He played in the 2022 Dr McKenna Cup final.^[19]

Doherty played against Mayo in Donegal's first fixture of the 2022 National Football League.^[20] He also played in the league fixture against Monaghan, a game noted for the loss which ended his team's winning run at MacCumhaill Park in Ballybofey that had been active since 2010.^[21] He featured in the matchday programme for the fixture against Kerry.^[22]

Personal life

Doherty is based in Limerick.^[23]

Honours

Naomh Conaill

• Donegal Senior Football Championship: 2015,^[3] 2019^[5] 2020,^[6] 2022,^[9] 2023^[10]

References

1. "Doherty goals kicks Naomh Conaill on for win over St Eunan's". 17 July 2021. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
2. "Naomh Conaill stay in touch at top of Division 1 after big away win". 6 August 2017. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
3. Foley, Alan (19 October 2015). "Gutsy Naomh Conaill edge to glory". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
4. McNulty, Chris (6 October 2019). "Third final in a row". Archived from the original on 7 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
5. GAME 1: Campbell, Peter (20 October 2019). "Ulster champions Gaoth Dobhair face Donegal decider replay after draw against Naomh Conaill". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019. GAME 2: O'Kane, Cahair (28 October 2019). "Gaoth Dobhair and Naomh Conaill proving inseparable". The Irish News. Archived from the original on 24 November 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2019. GAME 3: Campbell, Peter (30 October 2019). "Naomh Conaill prevail in Donegal decider". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
6. Campbell, Peter (14 August 2021). "Naomh Conaill claim Donegal title after penalty shoot-out win against Kilcar". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
7. "Naomh Conaill win Donegal SFC title after narrow victory over St Eunan's". The Irish Times. 15 October 2022. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
8. Foley, Alan (15 October 2022). "Controversy as Naomh Conaill crowned Donegal kings against 14-man St Eunan's: Shane O'Donnell's sending off was the major talking point after Naomh Conaill's one-point win". The42.ie. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
9. "Naomh Conaill edge 14-man St Eunan's to regain Donegal SFC title". RTÉ Sport. 15 October 2022. Archived from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
10. Campbell, Peter (22 October 2023). "Magnificent seven for Naomh Conaill in Donegal decider". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
11. "Donegal SFC final: Charles McGuinness leads way to Naomh Conaill's seventh title". Irish Independent. 22 October 2023. Archived from the original on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
12. "Naomh Conaill outclass Gaoth Dobhair 1–16 to 1–8 in Donegal Football Final". BBC Sport. 22 October 2023. Archived from the original on 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
13. Walsh, Harry (21 December 2014). "Thirteen new faces on Gallagher's first Donegal panel". Donegal News. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
14. Nolan, Pat (22 December 2014). "Rory Gallagher adds 13 newcomers to the Donegal panel ahead of McKenna Cup campaign". Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
15. McNulty, Chris (4 January 2015). "Report: Rory Gallagher's experimental Donegal well beaten by Derry". Donegal News. Archived from the original on 7 January 2015.
16. "McKenna Cup: Wins for Donegal and Fermanagh". BBC Sport. 11 January 2015. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
17. "Allianz FL D1 North: Donegal edge Tyrone". 15 May 2021. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
18. Campbell, Peter (14 June 2021). "Dublin share title with Kerry after defeating Donegal". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
19. Foley, Alan (22 January 2022). "Determined Donegal comeback misses by inches as Monaghan win Dr McKenna Cup". Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
20. Finnerty, Mike (30 January 2022). "Rob Hennelly the hero as Mayo snatch draw against Donegal in Allianz Football League". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
21. Campbell, Peter (13 March 2022). "Monaghan end Donegal's Ballybofey record to maintain Division 1 survival hope". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
22. "Donegal team named as per programme". 20 February 2022. Archived from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
23. Campbell, Peter (24 October 2023). "Mac Ceallabhuí was only six when Naomh Conaill won in 2005". Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.