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Michael O'Driscoll (1922 – February 1988), known as Moll O'Driscoll was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for club side Clonakilty and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team.

Career

O'Driscoll first came to Gaelic football prominence on the Clonakilty team that contested six consecutive county finals from 1942 to 1947. He ended up on the winning side on five occasions. O'Driscoll's performances at club level saw him take over from Dave Roche as first-choice goalkeeper with the Cork senior football team for the opening round of the 1945 Munster Championship. He later won his first Munster Championship title before ending the season by again lining out in goal when Cork claimed the All-Ireland title after a defeat of Cavan in the final. O'Driscoll claimed a second provincial winners' medal in 1949. He was also a regular on the Munster team and won a Railway Cup medal in 1949.

Personal life and death

Born in Clonakilty, County Cork, O'Driscoll emigrated to England in the early 1950s. He settled in Cricklewood in North London and found employment with building firm Holland, Hannen & Cubitts. O'Driscoll died in January 1988.

Honours

Clonakilty

• Cork Senior Football Championship: 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947

Cork

• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1945
• Munster Senior Football Championship: 1945, 1949

Munster

• Railway Cup: 1949

References

1. "Clon connections to Cork success in 1945". West Cork People. September 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
2. "A football life less ordinary". The Anglo-Celt. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
3. Keys, Colm (31 July 2013). "Bailieborough and the Cavan goalkeeping connection". Irish Independent. Retrieved 3 April 2021.

• 1922 births
• 1988 deaths
• Clonakilty Gaelic footballers
• Cork inter-county Gaelic footballers
• Munster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers
• Gaelic football goalkeepers