Donal Aherne

Born in Glanworth, County Cork, Aherne first played competitive Gaelic football at underage levels with Glanworth. He won back-to-back county minor championship medals in 1966 and 1967, before claiming a county junior championship medal in 1971. Aherne also won a county intermediate championship medal in 1976.

Aherne made his debut on the inter-county scene when he was selected on the Cork minor team in 1967. He played in two championship seasons with the minors and collected back-to-back All-Ireland medals as captain.^[1] Aherne subsequently joined the Cork under-21 team, winning back-to-back All-Ireland medals in 1970 and 1971.^[2] He joined the Cork senior team in 1972. He was a member of the extended panel when the team won the All-Ireland title in 1973.^[3]

Glanworth

• Cork Intermediate Football Championship: 1976
• Cork Junior Football Championship: 1971
• Cork Minor Football Championship: 1966, 1967

Cork

• All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship: 1970, 1971
• Munster Under-21 Football Championship: 1969, 1970, 1971
• All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: 1967 (c), 1968 (c)
• Munster Minor Football Championship: 1967 (c), 1968 (c)