Cormac O'Doherty (born 1996) is a dual player of Gaelic games, i.e. hurling and Gaelic football, who plays for Derry Championship club Slaughtneil and at inter-county level for the Derry senior hurling team. He usually lines out at midfield and been captain of the team since the 2021 season.
Career
O'Doherty first came to Gaelic games prominence as a student at St Patrick's College in Maghera, winning consecutive MacRory Cup titles and a Hogan Cup title in 2013. He joined the Slaughtneil senior hurling and football teams. Since his debut as a dual player, he won 8 Ulster Club Championship titles and 17 County Championship titles across both codes. O'Doherty first appeared on the inter-county scene during a three-year tenure with the Derry minor team, before later winning an Ulster Championship title with the under-21 team. He was drafted onto the Derry senior hurling team in 2017 and won a Nicky Rackard Cup in his debut season.
Career statistics
TeamYearNational LeagueRackard CupRing CupTotalDivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreDerry2017Division 2B00-0010-01—10-01201820-05—31-3451-39201940-30—42-2482-54202061-64—20-1481-78202140-35—40-3280-67202250-40—50-23100-632023 Division 2A51-42—52-34103-762024Division 2B60-33 —61-50121-832025Division 220-00 —63-4583-45Total342-21610-01355-1617011-506
Honours St Patrick's College O'Keefe Cup: 2011 Hogan Cup: 2014 MacRory Cup: 2013, 2014
Slaughtneil Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship: 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship: 2014, 2016, 2017 Derry Senior Football Championship: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020 Derry Senior Hurling Championship: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Derry Nicky Rackard Cup: 2017 National Hurling League Division 2B: 2022, 2024 Ulster Under-21 Hurling Championship: 2017
Individual
Hurling Ulster Colleges All-Star: 2014 GAA Champion 15: 2018, 2021, 2023 Ulster GAA Presidents Awards - Player Of The Year: 2021 Gaelic Life (Ulster Club) All-Star: 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 AIB GAA Club Player Awards Team Of The Year: 2022
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