David Herity
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| Native name | Daithí Ó hAghartaigh (Irish) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 April 1983 Dunnamaggin, County Kilkenny, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Primary school teacher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 18:13, 30 September 2012. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
David Herity (born 12 April 1983) is an Irish hurling manager and former dual player of hurling and Gaelic football.
Herity played for Kilkenny Championship club Dunnamaggin and was a member of the Kilkenny senior hurling team for eight seasons, during which time he lined out as a goalkeeper. He began his hurling career at club level with Dunnamaggin. He broke onto the club's top adult team as a 17-year-old in 2000, having his greatest success that year when the club won the Kilkenny Intermediate Championship title. Herity also played Gaelic football with the Kilmoganny club.
At inter-county level, Herity was part of the Kilkenny minor team that won Leinster Minor Hurling Championship (MHC) titles in 1999 and 2001 before later winning back-to-back All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship titles with the under-21 team in 2003 and 2004. He joined the Kilkenny senior team in 2003. Herity subsequently established himself as the team's first-choice goalkeeper and made a combined total of 30 National League and Championship appearances in a career that ended with his last game in 2014. During that time he was part of five All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship-winning teams: 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2014. Herity also secured five Leinster Senior Hurling Championship medals and five National Hurling League medals. He announced his retirement from inter-county hurling on 24 November 2014.
After retiring as an inter-county player, Herity was appointed manager of the Kildare senior hurling team.