Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bernard Donaghey [1] | ||
Date of birth | 23 December 1882 | ||
Place of birth | Derry, Ireland | ||
Date of death | 1 July 1916[2] | (aged 33)||
Place of death | near Beaumont-Hamel, France [3] | ||
Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) [4] | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1900–1902 | Derry Celtic | (3) | |
1902 | Ulster | ||
Belfast Celtic | (8) | ||
1904 | Glentoran | 2 | |
1904–1905 | Hibernian | 15 | (8) |
1905 | Derry Celtic | ||
1905–1906 | Manchester United | 3 | (0) |
1906–1907 | Derry Celtic | ||
1907–1908 | Burnley | 5 | (2) |
–1914 | Derry Celtic | (17) | |
1914 | Dumbarton Harp | ||
International career | |||
1902–1905 | Irish League XI | 2 | (0) |
1902 | Ireland | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bernard Donaghey (23 December 1882 – 1 July 1916), sometimes known as Barney Donaghey, [5] was an Irish professional footballer, who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Burnley and Manchester United. [1] He also played in the Scottish League for Hibernian and in his native Ireland for Derry Celtic (four spells), Ulster, Belfast Celtic and Glentoran. [4] [3] Donaghey was capped by Ireland at international level and represented the Irish League. [6] [7]
Donaghey was a Catholic and was married. [5] [8] Prior to the First World War, Donaghey was a reservist in the British Army and in early 1915, during the second year of the war, he enlisted as a private in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. [3] He saw action at Gallipoli and was wounded in the head by shrapnel and evacuated to a hospital in Tanta, Egypt. [3] [5] After being deployed to the Western Front in 1916, Donaghey was killed on the first day on the Somme, during his battalion's attack on German trench lines and the Y-Ravine strongpoint, south of Beaumont-Hamel. [3] His body was never recovered and he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. [2] [9]
Derry Celtic
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Glentoran | 1903–04 [3] | Irish League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Hibernian | 1904–05 [10] | Scottish First Division | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 |
Manchester United | 1905–06 [3] | Second Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Burnley | 1907–08 [3] | Second Division | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Career total | 23 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 10 |
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Bernard Donaghey [1] | ||
Date of birth | 23 December 1882 | ||
Place of birth | Derry, Ireland | ||
Date of death | 1 July 1916[2] | (aged 33)||
Place of death | near Beaumont-Hamel, France [3] | ||
Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) [4] | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1900–1902 | Derry Celtic | (3) | |
1902 | Ulster | ||
Belfast Celtic | (8) | ||
1904 | Glentoran | 2 | |
1904–1905 | Hibernian | 15 | (8) |
1905 | Derry Celtic | ||
1905–1906 | Manchester United | 3 | (0) |
1906–1907 | Derry Celtic | ||
1907–1908 | Burnley | 5 | (2) |
–1914 | Derry Celtic | (17) | |
1914 | Dumbarton Harp | ||
International career | |||
1902–1905 | Irish League XI | 2 | (0) |
1902 | Ireland | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bernard Donaghey (23 December 1882 – 1 July 1916), sometimes known as Barney Donaghey, [5] was an Irish professional footballer, who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Burnley and Manchester United. [1] He also played in the Scottish League for Hibernian and in his native Ireland for Derry Celtic (four spells), Ulster, Belfast Celtic and Glentoran. [4] [3] Donaghey was capped by Ireland at international level and represented the Irish League. [6] [7]
Donaghey was a Catholic and was married. [5] [8] Prior to the First World War, Donaghey was a reservist in the British Army and in early 1915, during the second year of the war, he enlisted as a private in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. [3] He saw action at Gallipoli and was wounded in the head by shrapnel and evacuated to a hospital in Tanta, Egypt. [3] [5] After being deployed to the Western Front in 1916, Donaghey was killed on the first day on the Somme, during his battalion's attack on German trench lines and the Y-Ravine strongpoint, south of Beaumont-Hamel. [3] His body was never recovered and he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. [2] [9]
Derry Celtic
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Glentoran | 1903–04 [3] | Irish League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Hibernian | 1904–05 [10] | Scottish First Division | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 |
Manchester United | 1905–06 [3] | Second Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Burnley | 1907–08 [3] | Second Division | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Career total | 23 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 10 |