Aaron Doherty
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Half-back | ||
| Occupation | Factory worker | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2018– | Naomh Columba | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2019– | Donegal | ||
| Ulster titles | 1 | ||
Aaron Dohertyis an IrishGaelic footballerwho plays forNaomh Columbaand theDonegal county team.
Playing career[edit]
Doherty played football at minor level for Donegal, and was a star player at underage level for his club,Naomh Columba.[1][2]
He has also playedassociation footballforFinn Harpsat underage level, as well asSt Catherine'sand Letterbarrow Celtic.[3][4]
He was first called into the Donegal senior team during the2019 season,following the departure of other players.[5]He won anUlster Senior Football Championshipmedal shortly afterwards, his first Ulster medal at any level of play.[6][7]
Doherty started Donegal's fifth fixture of the2022 National Football LeagueagainstMonaghan,scoring a point.[8]He then started the sixth fixture againstDublinatCroke Park,scoring another point.[9]
Doherty made a substitute appearance in the2022 Ulster Senior Football Championshipfinal, scoring an extra-time point from a mark.[10]He had earlier made substitute appearances in the quarter-final victory overArmaghand the semi-final victory overCavan.[11][12]He started the2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championshipqualifier loss to Armagh, scoring a point.[13]
Doherty did not feature in the Donegal panel for the2023 season.[14]He opted to focus on his club football at this time.[citation needed]
WithJim McGuinnessreturning as manager, Doherty returned to the Donegal panel, featuring in a number ofleaguematches and getting on the score sheet in a many of those fixtures, including the Division 2 final, where Doherty scored the deciding point to defeat rivals Armagh.[15][16]
In the final of the2024 Ulster Senior Football Championship,Doherty scored two penalties in the shootout as Donegal defeated Armagh once again.[17]
Personal life[edit]
Doherty is from nearTeelin,in the parish ofGleann Cholm Cille.[18]He attended Coláiste na Carraige andDublin Institute of Technology.[19]He is a first cousin of Donegal panel member Philip Doherty.[citation needed]
Honours[edit]
- Ulster Senior Football Championship:2019[6][7]
- EirGridU20 Football Championship Player of the Year: 2020[20]
References[edit]
- ^Campbell, Peter (15 April 2017)."Aaron Doherty the star of the show as Donegal minors defeat Down".Retrieved15 April2017.
- ^https://donegalgaa.ie/naomh-columba-dungloe-county-minor-champions/9
- ^Devlin, Michael (7 March 2020)."Donegal star Doherty geared up for Tyrone test in EirGrid Ulster U-20 final".Retrieved7 March2020.
Doherty's eye for goal, and his penalty expertise, could be put down to his impressive soccer credentials. As a youngster he played for local club St Catherine's FC, where one Seamus Coleman started out, and plays in the wintertime for Donegal League side Letterbarrow Celtic.
- ^McNulty, Chris (21 November 2018)."Aaron Doherty set to take GAA break to make Finn Harps switch".Retrieved21 November2018.
- ^"Doherty and McGettigan brought into Donegal senior squad".Highland Radio.25 April 2019.Retrieved25 April2019.
- ^ab"McHugh chasing elusive first medal".Donegal News.21 June 2019.Retrieved21 June2019.
[Eoin] McHugh took a year out from the Donegal camp last season and headed to Boston, and he subsequently missed out as the senior squad landed the Anglo Celt Cup. Jason McGee was also missing for that triumph, but he has an Ulster Minor Championship medal, so that leaves McHugh and newbies Oisin Gallen and Aaron Doherty as the only members of the squad who haven't claimed provincial honours with the county.
- ^abSweeney, Peter (23 June 2019)."Donegal power past Cavan to claim Ulster title".RTÉ Sport.Retrieved23 June2019.
- ^Campbell, Peter (13 March 2022)."Monaghan end Donegal's Ballybofey record to maintain Division 1 survival hope".RTÉ Sport.Retrieved13 March2022.
- ^Keane, Paul (20 March 2022)."Allianz FL D1: Dublin finish strongly against Donegal".Retrieved20 March2022.
- ^Campbell, Peter (29 May 2022)."MARKSMAN: How the Donegal players fared in the Ulster final against Derry".Retrieved29 May2022.
- ^Watters, Andy (25 April 2022)."Donegal cruise to victory over mis-firing Armagh in Ulster Championship quarter-final".The Irish News.Retrieved25 April2022.
- ^Haughey, John (8 May 2022)."Donegal 2–16 Cavan 0–16: Tir Conaill men survive Breffni onslaught to reach Ulster decider".BBC Sport.Retrieved8 May2022.
- ^Bogue, Declan (12 June 2022)."Armagh power past Donegal to book All-Ireland quarter-final".The42.ie.Retrieved12 June2022.
- ^"Donegal Senior Football Squad 2023".Archived fromthe originalon 19 April 2023.
- ^https:// rte.ie/sport/football/2024/0217/1432832-o-baoill-stars-as-donegal-ease-past-fermanagh/
- ^https:// rte.ie/sport/football/2024/0331/1440946-donegal-edge-out-armagh-as-div-2-final-thrills-late-on/
- ^https:// bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cd18828y0njo
- ^McNulty, Chris (24 April 2019)."Aaron Doherty joins up with Donegal senior football squad".Retrieved24 April2019.
- ^Campbell, Peter (21 November 2018)."Aaron Doherty's switch from Gaelic to Finn Harps is 'looking likely': Donegal U-20 and senior team to lose out".Retrieved21 November2018.
- ^"Aaron Doherty named among Under-20 award winners".20 January 2021.Retrieved20 January2021.