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| Born | 1994 (age 31–32) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfield | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 18:40,21 June 2025. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William O'Donoghue (born 1994) is an Irish hurler who plays as a midfielder for club side Na Piarsaigh which he captains and at inter-county level with the Limerick senior team. [1]
O'Donoghue joined the Na Piarsaigh club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels,experiencing championship success in the under-16,minor and under-21 grades.
On 6 October 2013,O'Donoghue was at right wing-forward when Na Piarsaigh defeated Adare by 0–14 to 0–12 to win the Limerick Senior Championship. [2] He was switched to midfield for the subsequent Munster Championship,which culminated with him winning a provincial medal after a 4–14 to 0–8 defeat of Sixmilebridge in the final. [3]
O'Donoghue won a second Limerick Championship medal on 11 October 2015 after a 1–22 to 4–12 defeat of Patrickswell in the final. [4] Later that season he won a second Munster medal after a 2–18 to 2–11 defeat of Ballygunner. [5] On 17 March 2016,O'Donoghue won an All-Ireland medal when Na Piarsaigh defeated RuairíÓg by 2–25 to 2–14 in the final. [6]
On 15 October 2017,O'Donoghue won a third Limerick Championship medal when Na Piarsaigh defeated Kilmallock by 1–22 to 2–14 in the final. [7] He later won a third Munster Championship medal when Na Piarsaigh defeated Ballygunner by 3–15 to 2–10 in the final. [8] On 17 March 2018,O'Donoghue was at midfield when Na Piarsaigh were defeated by Cuala in the All-Ireland final. [9]
On 27 October 2018,O'Donoghue won a fourth Limerick Championship medal as captain following Na Piarsaigh's 2–22 to 3–10 defeat of Doon. [10]
O'Donoghue retained the captaincy for the 2019 championship,however,Na Piarsaigh surrendered their title following a 1–17 to 0–15 defeat by Patrickswell in the 2019 final. [11]
On 19 September 2020,O'Donoghue captained Na Piarsaigh in a third consecutive final and their eighth overall in ten seasons. He ended the game with a fifth winners' medal after the 5–27 to 1–12 victory over Doon. [12]
O'Donoghue joined the Limerick under-21 hurling team in 2014. [13] He later joined the Limerick under-21 Gaelic football team. [14]
On 19 February 2017,O'Donoghue made his first appearance for the Limerick senior hurling team in a 6–21 to 3–8 defeat of Kerry in the National Hurling League. [15] In the subsequent league semi-final against Tipperary he scored his first goal in a 1–21 to 1–11 defeat by Tipperary. [16]
On 19 August 2018,O'Donoghue was introduced as a 66th-minute substitute for Darragh O'Donovan when Limerick won their first All-Ireland SHC title in 45 years after a 3-16 to 2-18 defeat of Galway in the final. [17]
In December 2018,O'Donoghue was included on the Limerick panel for the upcoming season. [18] Injury ruled him out of the National League;however,he returned to training in March 2019. [19] On 30 June 2019,O'Donoghue won a Munster SHC medal at midfield following Limerick's 2–26 to 2–14 defeat of Tipperary in the final. [20] He ended the year by receiving his first All-Star nomination. [21]
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Limerick | 2017 | Division 1B | 5 | 1–3 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0–0 | 5 | 1–3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0–0 | 2 | 0–0 | 4 | 0–0 | 6 | 0–0 | ||
| 2019 | Division 1A | 0 | 0–0 | 5 | 0–1 | 1 | 0–0 | 6 | 0–1 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0–2 | 3 | 0–2 | 2 | 0–1 | 9 | 0–5 | ||
| 2021 | 5 | 0–2 | 2 | 0–1 | 2 | 0–1 | 9 | 0–4 | ||
| 2022 | 4 | 0–0 | 5 | 0–1 | 2 | 0–1 | 11 | 0–2 | ||
| 2023 | 3 | 0–2 | 5 | 0–1 | 2 | 0–0 | 10 | 0–3 | ||
| 2024 | 4 | 0–0 | 5 | 0–2 | 1 | 0–0 | 10 | 0–2 | ||
| 2025 | 3 | 1–0 | 5 | 0–0 | 1 | 0–0 | 9 | 1–0 | ||
| 2026 | 4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0-0 | ||
| Career total | 32 | 2–9 | 32 | 0–8 | 15 | 0–3 | 79 | 2–21 | ||