Fachtna O'Donovan
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Fachtna Ó Donnabháin | |||||
| Sport | Gaelic football | |||||
| Position | Right wing-forward | |||||
| Born |
1921 Rosscarbery, County Cork, Ireland | |||||
| Died |
17 October 1995 (aged 74) Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland | |||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |||||
| Club(s) | ||||||
| Years | Club | |||||
1939–1940 1940–1952 |
Cork titles | 6 | ||||
| Inter-county(ies) | ||||||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | ||||
1943–1949 | Cork | 12 (1–01) | ||||
| Inter-county titles | ||||||
| Munster titles | 3 | |||||
| All-Irelands | 1 | |||||
| NFL | 0 | |||||
Michael Fachtna O'Donovan (1921 – 17 October 1995) was an Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Clonakilty and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1943 until 1949.[1]
Career
O'Donovan first came to
Railway Cup medal with Munster
in 1948.
Death
O'Donovan died at St Anne's Hospital in Skibbereen on 17 October 1995.
Honours
- Carbery Rangers
- West Cork Junior A Football Championship(2): 1939, 1940
- Clonakilty
- Cork Senior Football Championship(6): 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1952
- West Cork Junior A Hurling Championship(5): 1939, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946
- Cork
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (1): 1945
- Munster Senior Football Championship (3): 1943, 1945, 1949
- Munster Minor Football Championship (1): 1939
- Munster
- Railway Cup(1): 1948
References
- ^ "Senior Football – Munster Final Winning Teams (1887–2007)". Munster GAA. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ "Clon connections to Cork success in 1945". West Cork People. September 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "A football life less ordinary". The Anglo-Celt. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ Keys, Colm (31 July 2013). "Bailieborough and the Cavan goalkeeping connection". Irish Independent. Retrieved 3 April 2021.