Irish name Eamonn O Dochartaigh 2007- Naomh Adhamhnain Years Club | Position Right Corner Back Sport Gaelic Football Name Eamonn Doherty | |
Occupation Secondary school teacher | ||
Eamonn Doherty is an Irish Gaelic footballer. He plays with Naomh Adhamhnáin and the Donegal senior inter-county team.
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Club
Eamonn Doherty started his club's winning senior county finals in 2007, 2009 and 2012 and came on as a substitute in 2008. This was all by the age of 24 and national media referred to him as "one of the most decorated players in the north-west".
Inter-county
Doherty has featured in Donegal inter-county teams for several years. He played against Dublin in the 2010 All-Ireland Final. Himself, Antoin McFadden, James Carroll and Declan Walsh went to Boston for the summer in 2011.
His senior league debut came against Dublin in Ballybofey in the final game of the 2013 National Football League. He made an immediate impact, colliding with the referee, leaving him flattened in a heap and taking him out of the game.
Doherty did not play in the National Football League again until 2015, his second appearance also coming against Dublin. That year, he featured in six of Donegal's eight National Football League Division One fixtures and started at Croke Park against Galway in the Championship when Karl Lacey did not recover from an injury in time.
Personal life
Doherty is a secondary school teacher in Buncrana, having completed his degree at Dublin City University (DCU) in 2013. In his first year as a qualified teacher one of his students was Darach O'Connor, who started the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.