Shane Dooley (born 26 September 1986) is an Irish hurler who previously played as a right corner-forward for the Offaly senior team.
Born in Tullamore, County Offaly, Dooley came from a strong hurling family. His paternal and maternal granduncles as well as his grandfather experienced All-Ireland JHC success with the Offaly junior team in 1923 and 1929. His father, Joe Dooley, and his uncles, Johnny and Billy Dooley, won seven All-Ireland SHC medals between them between 1985 and 1998.
Dooley first played competitive inter-county hurling and Gaelic football with Tullamore College. Here he won a Leinster Vocational Schools Junior B Championship medal and an All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championship medal. Dooley simultaneously came to prominence at juvenile and underage levels with the Tullamore club. As a dual player at senior level he won a county hurling championship medal and three senior football championship medals. While studying at the University of Limerick, Dooley won a Fitzgibbon Cup medal in 2011.
Dooley made his debut on the inter-county scene as a dual player when he was selected for the Offaly minor teams. He later lined out for the Offaly under-21 teams in both codes before concentrating on hurling after making his senior debut during the 2007 league. After that, Dooley became a regular member of the starting fifteen, as well as Offaly's all-time championship top scorer.
A member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Dooley won a Railway Cup medal in 2012.
In December 2023, Dooley announced his retirement from inter-county hurling after 17 years of play.
Career statistics
TeamYearNational LeagueRing CupMcDonagh CupLeinsterAll-IrelandTotalDivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreOffaly2007Division 1A20–3——20–020–060–32008Division 1B50–6——20–220–790–152009Division 288–46——10–421–3119–532010Division 176–59——32–2721–12129–98201183–42——11–1311–9105–642012Division 1B53–43——23–1511–687–64201354–37——10–511–475–46201450–12——10–120–480–17201564–55——10–1010–684–71201660–62——54–3910–7124–108201764–53——23–1710–597–75201852–23——42–21—94–44201942–6—41–7——83–132020Division 2A——————202150–1900–0———50–19Total7736–46600–041–72515–154165–6312257–690
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