Peter Donohoe (Gaelic footballer)

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Peter Donohoe
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	full forward
Born	Co. Cavan, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
	?
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1945–1955	Cavan	17-133 (184 pts)
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles	7
All-Irelands	3
NFL	1
All Stars	0

Peter Donohoe (died April, 2004) was a former Gaelic football player for Cavan.

Playing career

Donohoe played at full forward and was a prolific freetaker for Cavan in the 40's and early 50's . Peter Donohoe's eight points from frees were crucial in securing Cavan's famous victory in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final in Polo Grounds, New York in 1947. He was named Man of the Match and was later described in the New York press as the babe Ruth of Gaelic Football. He helped Cavan retain the title the following year by scoring 2-2 in the final against Co. Mayo. He also won a National Football League medal in 1949/50 season. Peter was also honoured at the Anglo-Celt GAA 1989 Sports Awards, held in May 1990, when he also won the Hall of Fame award.

He is Ulster's all-time goalscorer with 17 goals and is fifth in the all-time top Ulster scorers chart with 184 points.

References

"Farewell to Peter Donohue — a hero on the field and off". Irish Post. 2004-06-15. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
"GAA: Cavan legend Donohue dies". Free Online Library. 2004-04-23. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
"Celebrating 125 years of Footballing Excellence in Ulster: 125 - Cavan Player List". Irishnews125.blogspot.com. 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
"1947 - Final in the Polo Grounds". The Official Website of the GAA. Retrieved 2010-06-26.

v t e Cavan – 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (3rd title)
1 V. Gannon 2 W. Doonan 3 B. O'Reilly 4 P. Smith 5 J. Wilson 6 J. J. O'Reilly (c) 7 S. Deignan 8 P. J. Duke 9 P. Brady 10 A. Tighe 11 M. Higgins 12 C. McDyer 13 J. Stafford 14 P. Donohoe 15 T. P. O'Reilly Subs not used 16 E. Carolan 17 T. Sheridan 18 O.R. McGovern 19 J. J. Cassidy 20 T. O'Reilly 21 E. Tiernan 22 B. Kelly

Cavan – 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (3rd title)

Subs not used: 16 E. Carolan; 17 T. Sheridan; 18 O.R. McGovern; 19 J. J. Cassidy; 20 T. O'Reilly; 21 E. Tiernan; 22 B. Kelly

v t e Cavan – 1947–48 National Football League Champions (1st title)
1 S. Morris 2 W. Doonan 3 B. O'Reilly 4 P. Smith 5 O. R. McGovern 6 J. J. O'Reilly (c) 7 S. Deignan 8 P. J. Duke 9 P. Brady 10 A. Tighe 11 M. Higgins 12 J. J. Cassidy 13 J. Stafford 14 P. Donohoe 15 E. Carolan

v t e Cavan – 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (4th title)
1 D. Benson 2 W. Doonan 3 B. O'Reilly 4 P. Smith 5 P. J. Duke 6 J. J. O'Reilly (c) 7 S. Deignan 8 P. Brady 9 V. Sherlock 10 A. Tighe 11 M. Higgins 12 J. J. Cassidy 13 J. Stafford 14 P. Donohoe 15 E. Carolan Sub used 17 O. R. McGovern Subs not used 16 B. Cully 18 T. P. O'Reilly 19 J. Wilson 20 V. Gannon 21 S. Morris

Cavan – 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (4th title)

Sub used: 17 O. R. McGovern

Subs not used: 16 B. Cully; 18 T. P. O'Reilly; 19 J. Wilson; 20 V. Gannon; 21 S. Morris

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