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Patrick Donnellan
Patrick Donnellan (born 19 June 1985) is an Irish hurler who played as a centre-back for the Clare senior team.[1] At club level Donnellan plays with O'Callaghan's Mills. Born in O'Callaghan's Mills, County Clare, Donnellan first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Clare minor team before later joining the under-21 side. He made his senior debut during the 2006 championship. Donnellan has since gone on to play a key part in defence for Clare, and has won one All-Ireland medal and one National League (Division 2) medal.[2] As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Donnellan has yet to win a Railway Cup medal. At club level he plays with O'Callaghan's Mills. Playing careerInter-countyDonnellan first played for Clare as a member of the minor and under-21 teams, however, he ended his underage playing days without a single victory. On 28 May 2006, Donnellan made his senior championship debut in Clare's 0-20 to 0-14 Munster semi-final defeat by Cork.[3] He was dropped from the team in 2007 before being recalled the following year. Donnellan was appointed captain of the Clare senior hurling team in 2012.[4] On 8 September 2013 Donnellan led out Clare in the All-Ireland final against Cork. Three second-half goals through Conor Lehane, Anthony Nash and Pa Cronin, and a tenth point of the game from Patrick Horgan gave Cork a one-point lead as injury time came to an end. A last-gasp point from corner-back Domhnall O'Donovan earned Clare a 0-25 to 3-16 draw.[5] The replay on 28 September was regarded as one of the best in recent years. Clare's Shane O'Donnell was a late addition to the team, and went on to score a hat-trick of goals in the first nineteen minutes of the game. Horgan top scored for Cork, however, further goals from Conor McGrath and Darach Honan secured a 5-16 to 3-16 victory for Clare.[6] It was Donnellan's first All-Ireland medal, while he became only the third Clare man to lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup. In October 2017, Donnellan announced his retirement from inter-county hurling. He had missed the 2016 season with a cruciate ligament injury, and wasn't selected to play in the 2017 championship.[7] HonoursPlayer
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