John Joe Doherty (born 1968) is a former Irish

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er and

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who played for Naomh Columba and the Donegal county team, later managing Donegal.

Biography

He won the

1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship The 1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the 24th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964. Cork entered the championship as defending champions; ...

with Donegal. He

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ed his club to the 1990

Donegal Senior Football Championship The Donegal Senior Football Championship (abbreviated as Donegal SFC) is an annual football competition organised by Donegal GAA and contested by the highest-level clubs, to determine the best team in County Donegal. Since 2016, it has been know ...

. Doherty, having recovered from a bone he broke while playing with his club, started against

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in the 1990

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final, won by Donegal. He was a member of the Donegal team that won the county's first

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) () is the premier inter-county competition in Gaelic football. County (Gaelic games), County teams compete against each other and the winner is declared All-Ireland Champions. Organised by the ...

in 1992. Martin Shovlin played instead of him in the semi-final against Mayo; however, Doherty started the final against

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. He was selected as an

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in 1993. He believes it was his performance in the 1992–93 National Football League final in which Donegal drew nine points apiece with Dublin at Croke Park that led to him receiving the All Star; Doherty marked

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who proceeded to get himself sent off, as did Keith Barr shortly afterwards. He was

of his county team in 1998.

Early life

After leaving Carrick National School, Doherty attended the local Vocational School. During his time in Carrick Vocational School he played on the schools senior team who were the first school in the county to win the Ulster Schools Markey Cup. Five years later, at the age of 22, he captained his local Naomh Columba Senior Team to their second county title in 1990. In November 2008, following the resignation of the previous manager

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, Doherty was confirmed as the new Donegal senior manager. Doherty resigned in 2010;

Jim McGuinness Jim McGuinness (born 16 November 1972) is a Gaelic football coach, and former player, who won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship as a player with, and later manager of, the Donegal county team. Since 2023, he has been manager, for ...

replaced him one month later. He previously managed his club Naomh Columba, Naomh Mhura to a

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and the Donegal under-21 team.

Honours

;Donegal *

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: 1990, 1992 *

Dr McKenna Cup The Dr McKenna Cup is an annual Gaelic football competition played between Counties of Ireland, counties and List of universities in Northern Ireland, universities in the province of Ulster GAA, Ulster. It is the secondary Gaelic football compe ...

: 1991 *

All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship The GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the EirGrid GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship) is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association ...

: 1987 *

Ulster Under-21 Football Championship The Ulster GAA Football Under-20 Championship, known simply as the Ulster Under-20 Championship, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest in ...

: 1987 *

Ulster Minor Football Championship The Ulster Minor Football Championship is the Minor "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in the province of Ulster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Ulster Council. The trophy for the winning side is T ...

: 1985 ;Naomh Columba *

: 1990 ( c.) ;Individual *

: 1993

References

External links

John Joe Doherty
at gaainfo.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Doherty, John Joe Living people Donegal inter-county Gaelic footballers Gaelic football managers Naomh Columba Gaelic footballers Winners of one All-Ireland medal (Gaelic football) 1968 births