Name: Darragh Doherty
Age: 19
Occupation: Apprentice Civil Engineer with Pod-Trak
Team: Naomh Muire
If you were throwing a party and you could invite anyone in the world, dead or alive, who would you ask around? Cathal Diver – he just knows how to take it too far.
Where do you like to go out to celebrate after a big victory? Has to Sharkey’s Bar.
What’s the worst pitch you’ve ever played on? St Michael’s pitch.
Which character in any film are you most like? Mr Bean.
Any odd items in your kit bag? American football gloves, a failed experiment of mine.
Who’s the biggest joker in the team you play for? Jack O’Donnell.
Who is the worst/best trainer? Best trainer would have to be myself I don’t know when to stop and the worst is Ferdia Doherty.
Who spends most time in front of the mirror in the dressing room? Has to be Paddy McCafferty.
Who’s the best/worst person to sit beside on the team bus? Best man is Darragh White, and the worst man is Patrick Gillispie. He’ll not stop telling ye how to catch the perfect high ball.
Who has the best and who has the worst diet on the team, and what does it include? Conor Cannon with the worst – he loves a kebab. The best is Piarais McBride – he’ll only eat a salad.
Toughest opponent you have faced? Lee McBride from Gaoth Dobhair – he was just a powerhouse.
Best or worst quote you’ve heard, either from a manager, player, opponent? ‘Hit him in the kidney and he’ll not be fit to run’ would be the worst and the best ‘Never take your eye off the sliotar even when it’s in the refs pocket’.
Best manager you’ve ever played under? Paul McBride.
Best ever performance? Against Cootehill in an Ulster semi with the school.
One to forget? Na Rossa this year first game of the championship.
Sporting ambition? To win a senior hurling title with my local club down in Cork here, Grenadh GAA.
When you were playing in the back garden, who did you pretend to be? Dermot Doherty (Naomh Columba).
If you were in charge of transfers, who’d be in and who’d be out of the team? Fintan Doherty has to go out and Aodhan Browne from Naomh Conaill to join us.
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