Johnny Dooley

Quick Facts

Full Name	Johnny Dooley
Occupation	Hurler
Date Of Birth	Oct 7, 1971(1971-10-07)
Age	53
Birthplace	Tullamore
Country	Ireland
Birth City	County Offaly
Horoscope	Libra

Johnny Dooley Biography

Johnny Dooley is one of the most popular and richest Hurler who was born on October 7, 1971 in Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland. Johnny Dooley was born just outside Clareen, County Offaly in 1971. His family who was steeped in the history of hurling. The uncle of his father’s father, Tom Dooley, as the father of his mother’s and uncle played for Offaly at the junior All-Ireland finals in 1923 and 1929 respectively. In the same way, for two decades, Johnny along with the brothers Billy and Joe were the core for the Offaly senior team for hurling.

Dooley together with his four brothers was a club hurler player at the club at home Seir Kieran club. Dooley had some success in the underage level before he was able to win four county senior championships in 1988, 1995 1996, and 1998.

After a few years out of the limelight Offaly bounced back in 1994. That year Dooley added a Leinster senior winners’ medal to his collection following a 1–18 to 0–14 victory over Wexford. After defeating Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final, Dooley later lined out against Limerick in the All-Ireland final. With five minutes left in the game Limerick were five points ahead and were coasting to victory. It was then that one of the most explosive All-Ireland final finishes of all-time took place. Offaly were awarded a close-in free which Johnny Dooley stepped up to take. Dooley was told by the management team to take a point; however, he lashed the ball into the Limerick net to reduce the deficit. Following the puck-out Offaly worked the ball upfield and Pat O’Connor struck for a second goal. The Offaly forwards scored another five unanswered points in the time remaining to secure a 3–16 to 2–13 victory. This victory gave Dooley an All-Ireland winner’s medal. He was later presented with his first All-Star award.

In 1995 Offaly retained the Leinster title following a 2–16 to 2–5 trouncing of Kilkenny. It was Dooley’s second provincial winners’ medal. Down fell to Offaly in the subsequent All-Ireland semi-final, allowing Offaly to advance to the championship decider and attempt to defend their title against the Munster champions, Clare. It was the first ever meeting of these two sides in the history of the championship. The game developed into a close affair with Offaly taking a half-time lead. Four minutes from the end substitute Éamonn Taaffe first timed a long range free straight into the net to give Clare a one-point lead. After a quick equaliser Anthony Daly sent over a 65-metre free to give his team the lead again. Jamesie O’Connor pointed soon afterwards and at the full-time whistle Clare were the 1–13 to 2–8 winners. In spite of this loss Dooley was still presented with a second All-Star award.

Offaly fell short of their provincial title in 1988; but the following year, Dooley took home another Leinster title after a hammering of Kilkenny in the provincial final replay. Offaly were later matched against Clare for their All-Ireland final. After an exciting match, Offaly came out on top by 2-16 to 1-12 which earned Dooley the second All-Ireland trophy in the Minor class.

Johnny Dooley Net Worth

Johnny Dooley is one of the richest Hurler from Ireland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Johnny Dooley 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Johnny Dooley (born 7 October 1971 in Clareen, County Offaly) is an Irish former hurling coach and player. He was a hurler with the club he was a part of, Clareen GAA and was a part of Clareen GAA’s Offaly seniors inter-county squad from 1991 to 2002. Dooley was coach in his team Westmeath senior inter- county side from 2007 until the year 2008.

By the end of the 1980s Dooley was able to earn a call-up in the Offaly minor hurling team. In 1987, he took home the Leinster title in the same grade, following a win against Kilkenny. Offaly then played Tipperary at his All- Ireland final. After an intense hour of throwing Offaly was victorious with a score of 2-8 to 0-12. This earned Dooley the minor All-Ireland medal for the winners. Offaly’s first minor championship.

By this stage Dooley was also a member of the Offaly senior hurling team. He made his senior debut in the 1990–1991 National Hurling League, with Offaly reaching the final of that competition. Wexford were the opponents on that occasion, however, after a tense game Offaly took the victory and Dooley captured a National League winners’ medal. He made his championship debut against Dublin later that summer, however, provincial success was slow in coming.

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Dooley’s first season in charge has seen some early success. His team only lost to Mayo in the group stages of Division 2A of the National Hurling League. Four victories out of five allowed the team advance to the semi-final stage of the competition where they trounced Down. The final saw Dooley’s side defeat Carlow on a score line of 2–12 to 0–12. In spite of not being eligible to play in the Liam MacCarthy Cup series of games, Westmeath were invited to participate in the Leinster Championship. The team’s first outing was against Dublin, however, Dooley’s side were defeated by 3–21 to 0–11. Westmeath’s real hope of success was to retain the Christy Ring Cup which they won in 2007. Their campaign in that competition got off to a good start with a 3–23 to 0–13 trouncing of Roscommon. Dooley’s side narrowly lost their next game against Wicklow, however, in spite of this his side still qualified for the quarter- finals of the Christy Ring Cup. Kildare, the side that Westmeath defeated in the final of the competition in 2007, proved admirable opponents, however, Dooley’s side still captured a 2–22 to 3–13 win. After easily defeating Derry in the semi-final Westmeath qualified for their third final in four years. Carlow were admirable opponents on that occasion and went on to win the game by 3–22 to 4–16. Shortly after this defeat Dooley decided to step down as Westmeath manager.

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Two years later Dooley added a second Leinster winners’ medal to his collection that year before later playing in a second All-Ireland under-21 final. Galway provided the opposition on that occasion, however, Dooley’s side were completely outclassed again as the men from the West won by 2–17 to 1–9.