Donnacha Cody
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Donnacha Mac Óda | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Right corner-back | ||
| Born |
24 December 1985 Kilkenny, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Occupation | Chartered civil engineer | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| James Stephens | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Kilkenny titles | 3 | ||
| Leinster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 1 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
2004-2008 | University College Cork | ||
| College titles | |||
| Fitzgibbon titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2006–2008 | Kilkenny | 3 (0-00) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 3 | ||
| All-Irelands | 3 | ||
| NHL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 17:51, 29 December 2014. | |||
Donnacha Cody (born 24 December 1985) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with James Stephens, and also lined out at inter-county level with various Kilkenny teams.
Cody first played hurling as a schoolboy at St Kieran's College in Kilkenny. He was part of the college team that won back-to-back Croke Cup titles after defeat of St Colman's College in 2003 and St Raphael's College in 2004.[1][2] Cody later lined out with University College Cork in the Fitzgibbon Cup.[3]
At club level, Cody began his career at juvenile and underage levels with James Stephens. He had just won a Kilkenny MHC title in 2003 when he was drafted onto the club's senior team, winning his first Kilkenny SHC medal in 2004.[4] He later won a Leinster Club SHC medal before claiming the ultimate club honour following James Stephens's defeat of Athenry in the 2005 All-Ireland club final.[5] Cody won a second set of Kilkenny and Leinster Club SHC medals the following year when James Stephens retained those titles.[6] He claimed a third and final Kilkenny SHC medal after a defeat of Ballyhale Shamrocks in 2011.[7]
Cody first appeared on the inter-county scene with Kilkenny, as a member of the minor team that won the All-Ireland MHC title after a defeat of Galway in 2003.[8] He subsequently progressed to the under-21 and, after losing the 2005 All-Ireland under-21 final to Galway, Cody claimed a winners' medal in that grade the following year, however, he missed the all-Ireland final defeat of Tipperary through injury.[9][10]
By that stage, Cody had already joined the senior team, under the management of his father Brian Cody.[11] He was part of the National League and Leinster SHC-winning teams in 2006, however, he was dropped from the team before the All-Ireland SHC victory.[12] Cody was recalled to the senior panel the following year and won further Leinster and All-Ireland SHC medals as a panel member in 2007 and 2008.