Donal Ahern (born 1950) is an Irish retired Gaelic football coach and

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. He had a brief

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and

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career with the

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senior team from 1971 until 1973.

Career

Born in

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, Ahern first played competitive Gaelic football at underage levels with

. He won back-to-back county minor championship medals in 1966 and 1967, before claiming a county junior championship medal in 1971. Ahern also won a county intermediate championship medal in 1976. Ahern made his debut on the inter-county scene when he was selected on the Cork minor team in 1967. He played in two championship seasons with the minors and collected back-to-back

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medals as captain. Ahern subsequently joined the Cork under-21 team, winning back-to-back

medals in 1970 and 1971. He joined the Cork senior team in 1972. He was a member of the extended panel when the team won the

title in 1973.

Honours

;Glanworth *

Cork Intermediate Football Championship The Cork Intermediate A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Bon Secours Cork County Intermediate A Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork IAFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork Count ...

: 1976 *

Cork Junior Football Championship The Cork Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-Op Superstores Cork Junior A Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork JAFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork County Board of ...

: 1971 *Cork Minor Football Championship: 1966, 1967 ;Cork *

All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship The GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the EirGrid GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship) is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association ( ...

: 1970, 1971 *

Munster Under-21 Football Championship The Munster GAA Football Under-20 Championship, known simply as the Munster Under-20 Championship, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest ...

: 1969, 1970, 1971 *

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship The Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Football Championship is the premier under-17 "knockout" competition in Gaelic football played in Ireland. 2017 was the final year of the minor under 18 football championship as it were replaced by an under ...

: 1967 (c), 1968 (c) *

Munster Minor Football Championship The Munster Minor Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1928 for the youngest competitors (under-18) in the province of Munster in Ireland. It is ...

: 1967 (c), 1968 (c)

References

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