Donal McCarthy

Michael Donal McCarthy, born on 4 June 1908 and died on 31 January 1980, was an Irish academic, public servant, university administrator, hurler and Gaelic footballer who played as a right wing-back for the Cork senior teams. Born in Midleton, County Cork, he first played competitive hurling at Rockwell College. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty with the Cork senior football team and joined the senior panel during the 1928 championship, later becoming a regular on the hurling team as well, with which he won one All-Ireland medal. At club level he was a two-time championship medallist with Collegians and also played with Carrigtwohill. He retired from inter-county hurling after the 1929 championship.