Joe Dooley

Who is Joe Dooley?

Joe Dooley is an Irish former hurler and manager.

Regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation, Dooley enjoyed a successful playing career at club level with Seir Kieran and remains the only Offaly player to have won three All-Ireland titles. After a spell as player-manager with Seir Kieran, Dooley later worked as manager with Tullamore, Toomevara and Offaly. He has managed the Irish Senior International Shinty team for the last two years against Scotland.

Born in Clareen, County Offaly, Dooley was the eldest of a family of five boys and four girl and was born into a family that was steeped in hurling history. Both his paternal and maternal granduncles, as well as his grandftaher, played for Offaly in the junior All-Ireland finals of 1923 and 1929. Other members of the famous Dooley family include brothers Billy and Johnny, as well as his son Shane. He married wife Marie in 1985 and as well as eldest son Shane, they have two daughters, Aideen, 25 and Niamh, 23.