# Shane Dooley

Shane Dooley (born 26 September 1986) is an Irish hurler who previously played as a right corner-forward for the Offaly senior team.
Born in Tullamore, County Offaly, Dooley was born into a strong hurling family. His paternal and maternal granduncles as well as his grandfather enjoyed All-Ireland success with the Offaly junior team in 1923 and 1929. His father, Joe Dooley, and his uncles, Johnny and Billy Dooley, won seven All-Ireland medals between them between 1985 and 1998.
Dooley first played competitive inter-county hurling and Gaelic football with Tullamore College. Here he won a Leinster Vocational Schools Junior B Championship medal and an All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championship medal. Dooley simultaneously came to prominence at juvenile and underage levels with the Tullamore club. As a dual player at senior level he has won one county hurling championship medal and three senior football championship medals. While studying at the University of Limerick, Dooley won a Fitzgibbon Cup medal in 2011.
Dooley made his debut on the inter-county scene as a dual player when he was selected for the Offaly minor teams. He later lined out for the Offaly under-21 teams in both codes before concentrating on hurling after making his senior debut during the 2007 league. Since then, Dooley has become a regular member of the starting fifteen as well as Offaly's top championship scorer of all time.
As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Dooley won a Railway Cup medal in 2012.
In December 2023, Dooley announced his retirement from inter-county hurling after 17 years.

## Career statistics

    As of match played 13 June 2021.
| Team | Year | National League | National League | National League | Ring Cup | Ring Cup | McDonagh Cup | McDonagh Cup | Leinster | Leinster | All-Ireland | All-Ireland | Total | Total |
| Team | Year | Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score |
| Offaly | 2007 | Division 1A | 2 | 0-03 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 6 | 0-03 |
| Offaly | 2008 | Division 1B | 5 | 0-06 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0-02 | 2 | 0-07 | 9 | 0-15 |
| Offaly | 2009 | Division 2 | 8 | 8-46 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0-04 | 2 | 1-03 | 11 | 9-53 |
| Offaly | 2010 | Division 1 | 7 | 6-59 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2-27 | 2 | 1-12 | 12 | 9-98 |
| Offaly | 2011 | Division 1 | 8 | 3-42 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1-13 | 1 | 1-09 | 10 | 5-64 |
| Offaly | 2012 | Division 1B | 5 | 3-43 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3-15 | 1 | 1-06 | 8 | 7-64 |
| Offaly | 2013 | Division 1B | 5 | 4-37 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0-05 | 1 | 1-04 | 7 | 5-46 |
| Offaly | 2014 | Division 1B | 5 | 0-12 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0-01 | 2 | 0-04 | 8 | 0-17 |
| Offaly | 2015 | Division 1B | 6 | 4-55 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0-10 | 1 | 0-06 | 8 | 4-71 |
| Offaly | 2016 | Division 1B | 6 | 0-62 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 4-39 | 1 | 0-07 | 12 | 4-108 |
| Offaly | 2017 | Division 1B | 6 | 4-53 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3-17 | 1 | 0-05 | 9 | 7-75 |
| Offaly | 2018 | Division 1B | 5 | 2-23 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2-21 | — | — | 9 | 4-44 |
| Offaly | 2019 | Division 1B | 4 | 2-06 | — | — | 4 | 1-07 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 3-13 |
| Offaly | 2020 | Division 2A | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Offaly | 2021 | Division 2A | 5 | 0-19 | 0 | 0-00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0-19 |
| Total | Total | Total | 77 | 36-466 | 0 | 0-00 | 4 | 1-07 | 25 | 15-154 | 16 | 5-63 | 122 | 57-690 |