Cormac O'Doherty
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Maghera, Northern Ireland
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Cormac Ó Dochartaigh[citation needed] | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Midfield | ||
| Born |
1996 (age 28–29) Maghera, Northern Ireland | ||
| Club | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2013–present | Slaughtneil | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Derry titles | 5 | 10 | |
| Ulster titles | 3 | 3 | |
| All-Ireland titles | 0 | 0 | |
| Inter-county | |||
| Years | County | ||
2017–present | Derry | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Ulster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
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Cormac O'Doherty (born 1996) is a dual player of Gaelic games, i.e. hurling and Gaelic football, who plays for Derry Championship club Slaughtneil and at inter-county level for the Derry senior hurling team. He usually lines out at midfield and been captain of the team since the 2021 season.[1]
O'Doherty first came to Gaelic games prominence as a student at St Patrick's College in Maghera, winning consecutive MacRory Cup titles and a Hogan Cup title in 2013.[2] He joined the Slaughtneil senior hurling and football teams. Since his debut as a dual player, he won 8 Ulster Club Championship titles and 17 County Championship titles across both codes. O'Doherty first appeared on the inter-county scene during a three-year tenure with the Derry minor team, before later winning an Ulster Championship title with the under-21 team.[3] He was drafted onto the Derry senior hurling team in 2017 and won a Nicky Rackard Cup in his debut season.[4]