Former Limerick hurler Jimmy O’Donoghue dies

O'Donoghue hurled for clubs in Limerick, Donegal, Dublin, and Galway.

Jimmy O’Donoghue with his 1947 National Hurling League winners medal at home in Finglas. Picture: Moya Nolan

Former Limerick hurler Jimmy O’Donoghue has died, aged 92.

O’Donoghue, who was raised near the Blackboy Bridge, between Cappamore and Doon, won a National Hurling League medal as a teenager for the 1946-47 campaign, playing in the replayed final against Kilkenny, which took place in March 1948 at Croke Park.