Liam Donnelly (hurler)

Liam Donnelly, formally William Donnelly, was an Irish former hurler who lived from 1928 until his death on 5 January 2017 and played as a centre-back for the Dublin senior team. He was raised in Raheny, Dublin, and played both hurling and Gaelic football with his local club St Vincent's. As a minor he scored the winning goal against Tipperary in the 1946 All-Ireland Minor Hurling final, and with Dublin he won the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship in 1948 and was an All-Ireland runner-up that year.