Diarmuid O'Donoghue was a

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

er from Killarney,

County Kerry County Kerry ( gle, Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and forms part of the province of Munster. It is named after the Ciarraige who lived in part of the present county. The population of the co ...

. He played with the Kerry senior team during the 1980s.

Club

He played his club football with the Killarney Legion club and Killarney divisional team. He was part of the 1983 Kerry Senior Football Championship winning team with the latter. He also won an East Kerry Senior Football Championship in 1976.

Minor

O'Donoghue first lined out with Kerry at minor level in 1976. He had little success as Kerry lost out to

Cork Cork or CORK may refer to: Materials * Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product ** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container ***Wine cork Places Ireland * Cork (city) ** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...

in the Munster final.

Under 21

He moved to the Under 21 team straight out of the minor grade. He made his first appearance in the 1978 All-Ireland semi-final win over

Louth Louth may refer to: Australia *Hundred of Louth, a cadastral unit in South Australia * Louth, New South Wales, a town *Louth Bay, a bay in South Australia **Louth Bay, South Australia, a town and locality Canada * Louth, Ontario Ireland * County ...

. He played in the 1979 Munster Quarter-final loss to

at Left Half Forward scoring a point. He was again Left Half Forward in 1980 when Kerry had a surprise loss to Limerick in the Munster Quarter-final.

Junior

He lined out with the Kerry Junior team in 1983. He won a Munster Junior Football Championship after a win over

where he scored three points. After overcoming Dublin in the ''Home'' All-Ireland final, Kerry faced Yorkshire. He scored four points in a 0-15 to 0-02 win to pick up an All-Ireland medal.

Senior

He joined the senior team during the 1979–80 National Football League where he played in three games. He was part of the panel for the championship winning Munster and All-Ireland titles without playing any games. He made four appearances during the 1980–81 National Football League. He made a handful of appearances during the next few League campaigns. He was made captain of the Kerry for the 1983–84 National Football League campaign. He played in all bar one of Kerry's finishing as top scoring with 4-14 from nine games. Despite failing to score in the final Kerry took the title with O'Donoghue as captain. He made his first and only championship appearance in the Munster semi-final win over Tipperary.https://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/player/177/Diarmuid-ODonoghue/Championship He make a few more League appearances over the coming seasons, his last being during the 1985–86 National Football League.

Personal life

His son

James James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ...

played with Kerry at all levels from Minor and Senior level. He was an All-Ireland winning in 2014, as well as a two time All-Star and the 2014 Footballer of the Year.

References

* http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/player/177/Diarmuid-ODonoghue Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Kerry inter-county Gaelic footballers Killarney Legion Gaelic footballers {{Kerry-gaelic-football-bio-stub