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Donie Nealon
Personal information
Irish name
Dónal Ó Nialláin
Sport
Hurling
Position
Right corner-forward
Born
December 1935 Newtown, County Tipperary, Ireland
Club(s)
Years
Club
Burgess UCD
Club titles
Tipperary titles
0
Inter-county(ies)*
Years
County
Apps (scores)
1958-1969
Tipperary
35 (22-42)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles
8
All-Irelands
5
NHL
6
All Stars
3
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 19:33, 11 March 2014.
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Donie Nealon (born December 1935) is an Irish former hurler who played as a right corner-forward at senior level for the Tipperary county team.
Born in Newtown, County Tipperary, Nealon first played competitive hurling whilst at school in St Flannan's College. He made his first impression on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty he joined the Tipperary junior team. He made his senior debut during the 1958 championship. Nealon went on to play a key role for Tipperary for over a decade, and won five All-Ireland medals, eight Munster medals and six National Hurling League medals. Nealon was an All-Ireland runner-up on three occasions.
As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team at various times throughout his career, Nealon won four Railway Cup medals.
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a member of the Tipperary County Board and the Munster Council. Nealon's son, Donie, won five All-Ireland medals between 1958 and 1965 and his grandson...
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county to have two hurlers of the year in a row (Liam Devaney in 1961 and DonieNealon in 1962). In 2001, Tommy Dunne became the first GPA hurler of the year...
interval lead. The second half saw Tipperary score goals for fun, with DonieNealon getting a hat-trick and Seán McLoughlin another. Kilkenny were humiliated...
interval lead. The second half saw Tipperary score goals for fun, with DonieNealon getting a hat-trick and Seán McLoughlin another. Kilkenny were humiliated...
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interval lead. The second half saw Tipperary score goals for fun, with DonieNealon getting a hat-trick and Seán McLoughlin another. Kilkenny were humiliated...
served as a selector under Babs Keating. Together with former player DonieNealon they guided Tipp to three successive Munster titles and an All-Ireland...
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