Donal Aherne

Donal Aherne, born in 1950, is a retired Irish Gaelic football coach and player from Glanworth in County Cork. He first played competitive Gaelic football at underage level with Glanworth, won back-to-back county minor championship medals in 1966 and 1967, a county junior championship medal in 1971 and a county intermediate championship medal in 1976. He made his inter-county debut on the Cork minor team in 1967, played two championship seasons with the minors and, as captain, collected back-to-back All-Ireland medals. He then joined the Cork under-21 team and won back-to-back All-Ireland medals in 1970 and 1971. His senior career with Cork was brief, covering league and championship matches from 1971 until 1973, and he was a member of the extended panel when Cork won the All-Ireland title in 1973.