Billy Dooley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Billy Dooley

Irish hurler

Date of Birth: 26-Mar-1969

Place of Birth: Tullamore, Leinster, Ireland

Profession: hurler

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Billy Dooley

  • William Dooley (born 26 March 1969) is an Irish retired hurler who played for Offaly Senior Championship club Seir Kieran.
  • He played for the Offaly senior hurling team for 11 seasons, during which time he usually lined out as a right corner-forward.
  • Dooley, together with his brothers Joe and Johnny, formed the backbone of the Offaly attack for over a decade.Dooley began his hurling career at club level with Seir Kieran.
  • He broke onto the club's top adult team as an 18-year-old when he lined out as a goalkeeper in the 1987 Offaly Championship.
  • Having earlier won under-16 and minor championship titles, Dooley won Offaly Senior Championship titles in 1988, 1995, 1996 and 1998. At inter-county level, Dooley was part of the successful Offaly minor team that won back-to-back All-Ireland Championships in 1986 and 1987, before later ending up as an All-Ireland Championship runner-up with the Offaly under-21 team in 1989.
  • He joined the Offaly senior team in 1988.
  • After a slow start to his senior career, Dooley eventually became an ever-present figure at corner-forward and made a combined total of 66 National League and Championship appearances in a career that ended with his last game in 1999.
  • During that time he was part of two All-Ireland Championship-winning teams – in 1994 and 1998.
  • Dooley also secured two Leinster Championship medals and a National Hurling League medal. Dooley won his first All-Star in 1994, before claiming a second successive award in 1995.

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