Noel Drumgoole

Noel Drumgoole

Personal information
Irish name	Nollaig Dromgúl
Sport	Hurling
Position	Full-back
Born	Dublin, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
	St. Vincent's
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1950s-1960s	Dublin
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	1
All Irelands	0

Noel Drumgoole (1931-1995) was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club St. Vincent's and with the Dublin senior inter-county team in the 1950s and 1960s. He later served as manager of the Limerick senior inter-county team on two occasions in the 1970s and 1980s. Drumgoole is regarded as one of the greatest players never to have won an All-Ireland medal.

Noel is the last player to have captained a Dublin side to a Leinster title and in 1984, he was named on the Centenary Team of players who hadn’t won All-Ireland honours.

In 1968, Noel founded the Na Piarsaigh GAA Club on the north side of Limerick city. The club has gone on to be a powerful force in the Limerick senior championship but the coveted senior title still evades them. Notable players past and present include: Damien Quigley, David Breen and Kevin Downse with a good few more on the way.

Playing career

Inter-county

In 1961, Noel captained Dublin when they won the Leinster Championship, beating Wexford 7-5 to 4-8 in the final. He led Dublin all the way to the All-Ireland Final but they were narrowly beaten 0-16 to 1-12 by a marvelous Tipperary team.

Inter-provincial

Noel won three Railway Cup medals with Leinster in 1956, 1962 and 1964. He captained the 1962 team to success.^[1]

References

1. ^ "Leinster Railway Cup Winning Teams". http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P70_75RailwayCup.pdf. Retrieved 2010-02-23. 

External links

• Official Dublin Website
• Dublin Website

Sporting positions
Preceded by	Dublin Senior Hurling Captain 1961	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Leinster Senior Hurling Captain 1962	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Limerick Senior Hurling Manager 1977-1982	Succeeded by Michael O'Grady
Preceded by Michael O'Grady	Limerick Senior Hurling Manager 1984-1986	Succeeded by Éamonn Cregan
Achievements
Preceded by Nick O'Donnell (Wexford)	Leinster Senior Hurling Final winning captain 1961	Succeeded by Billy Rackard (Wexford)
Preceded by Tony Wall (Munster)	Interprovincial Hurling Final winning captain 1962	Succeeded by Jimmy Doyle (Munster)

Teams

Persondata
Name	Drumgoole, Noel
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Date of death	1995
Place of death