Peter Doolan (born 1940 in

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, Ireland) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played

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with his local club St Finbarr's and was a member at senior level of the Cork county team from 1962 until 1968.

Playing career

Club

Doolan played his club hurling with the St Finbarr's club on the southside of Cork city and had much success. He won his first county senior championship winners' medal in 1965 following 'the Barr's' 6-8 to 2-5 defeat of

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. The club later represented Cork in the provincial club series and een reached the final. A 3-12 to 2-3 defeat of Waterford's Mount Sion gave Doolan a

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club winners' medal. After St Finbarr's lost the 1967 county final to

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, the club recovered to reach the championship decider again the following year. A remarkable 5-9 to 1-9 defeat of divisional side Imokilly gave Doolan a second county championship title.

Inter-county

Doolan first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the

minor hurling team in 1958. After an unsuccessful stint with the minors, Doolan made his senior debut for Cork in a

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game against

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in 1963. He made his championship debut the following year, however, Cork had been in the doldrums since their All-Ireland defeat of 1956. After losing back-to-back Munster finals to Tipperray in 1964 and 1965, Cork hurling returned to centre stage in 1966. That year Doolan's side avoided Tipperary in the provincial championship and qualified for a Munster showdown with

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. An entertaining hour of hurling followed, however, victory went to Cork by 4-9 to 2-9 for the first time in ten years. It was Doolan's first senior

winners' medal. This victory allowed Cork to advance directly to the All-Ireland final where arch-rivals

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provided the opposition. It was the first meeting of these two great sides since 1947 and ‘the Cats’ were installed as the firm favourites. In spite of this a hat-trick of goals by

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gave Cork a merited 3-9 to 1-10 victory over an Eddie Keher-inspired Kilkenny. It was Doolan's first All-Ireland winners' medal. Cork failed to retain their provincial and All-Ireland titles in 1967 while Tipperary trounced Cork by nine points in the Munster final a year later. Doolan left the Cork team following this defeat.

Inter-provincial

Doolan also had the honour of lining out with

in the inter-provincial hurling competition and had some success. He first lined out with his province in 1967, however, Munster were defeated by

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on that occasion. Doolan was listed on the Munster team again in 1968. That year his province turned the tables on Leinster and a 0-14 to 0-10 victory gave Doolan a

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winners' medal.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Doolan, Peter 1940 births Living people St Finbarr's hurlers Cork inter-county hurlers Munster inter-provincial hurlers All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners