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{{short description|Irish hurler}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox Gaelic games player
| code= Hurling
| sport = Hurling
| image =
| name = Donnacha Cody
| irish = Donnacha Mac Óda 
| fullname = Donnacha Cody
| feet = 6
| inches = 3
| occupation = Chartered civil engineer
| county = Kilkenny
| province = Leinster
| club = [[James Stephens GAA|James Stephens]]
| clposition = 
| clubs = 
| clyears = 
| clapps(points) = 
| clcounty = 3
| clprovince= 2
| clallireland = 1
| colleges = [[UCC GAA|University College Cork]] 
| colyears = 2004-2008
| fitz = 0
| counties = [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| icposition = Right corner-back
| icyears = 2006–2008
| icapps(points) = 3 (0-00)
| icprovince = 3
| icallireland = 3
| nhl = 1
| allstars = 0
| clupdate=
| icupdate= 17:51, 29 December 2014
| birth_date={{Birth date and age|1985|12|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place=[[Kilkenny (city)|Kilkenny]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
}}
'''Donnacha Cody''' (born 24 December 1985) is an Irish former [[hurling|hurler]]. At club level he played with [[James Stephens GAA|James Stephens]], and also lined out at inter-county level with various [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] teams.

==Career==

Cody first played hurling as a schoolboy at [[St Kieran's College]] in [[Kilkenny]]. He was part of the college team that won back-to-back [[Dr Croke Cup|Croke Cup]] titles after defeat of [[St Colman's College, Fermoy|St Colman's College]] in 2003 and [[St. Raphael's College, Loughrea|St Raphael's College]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-10033734.html|title=Awesome Kierans take title|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=28 April 2003|access-date=26 June 2023|first=Brendan|last=Larkin}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/power-play-lifts-kierans/25912816.html|title=Power play lifts Kieran's|publisher=Irish Independent|date=4 May 2004|access-date=26 June 2023|first=|last=}}</ref> Cody later lined out with [[UCC GAA|University College Cork]] in the [[Fitzgibbon Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-20053842.html|title=UCC host Garda College in Fitzgibbon Cup opener|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=29 January 2008|access-date=26 June 2023|first=Brendan|last=Larkin}}</ref>

At club level, Cody began his career at juvenile and underage levels with [[James Stephens GAA|James Stephens]]. He had just won a Kilkenny MHC title in 2003 when he was drafted onto the club's senior team, winning his first [[Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship|Kilkenny SHC]] medal in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/stephens-hold-out-against-djs-incredible-late-tornado-25884197.html|title=Stephens hold out against DJ's incredible late tornado|publisher=Irish Independent|date=1 November 2004|access-date=7 October 2018|first=Martin|last=Breheny}}</ref> He later won a [[Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship|Leinster Club SHC]] medal before claiming the ultimate club honour following James Stephens's defeat of [[Athenry GAA|Athenry]] in the [[2005 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final|2005 All-Ireland club final]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/stephens-day-as-kilkennys-village-voices-shout-loudest/25995429.html|title=Stephens' day as Kilkenny's Village voices shout loudest|publisher=Irish Independent|date=18 March 2005|access-date=7 October 2018|first=Martin|last=Breheny}}</ref> Cody won a second set of Kilkenny and Leinster Club SHC medals the following year when James Stephens retained those titles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/village-complete-notable-double-1.509772|title=Village complete notable double|publisher=Irish Times|date=24 October 2005|accessdate=7 October 2018|first=|last=}}</ref> He claimed a third and final Kilkenny SHC medal after a defeat of [[Ballyhale Shamrocks]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-20172322.html|title=Super Stephens find extra gear|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=31 October 2011|accessdate=7 October 2018|first=Michael|last=Moynihan}}</ref>

Cody first appeared on the inter-county scene with [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]], as a member of the minor team that won the [[All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|All-Ireland MHC]] title after a defeat of [[Galway GAA|Galway]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/powers-point-shocks-galway-25930769.html|title=Power's point shocks Galway|date=15 September 2003|publisher=Irish Independent|accessdate=13 October 2013}}</ref> He subsequently progressed to the under-21 and, after losing the [[2005 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final|2005 All-Ireland under-21 final]] to Galway, Cody claimed a winners' medal in that grade the following year, however, he missed the [[2006 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final|all-Ireland final]] defeat of [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] through injury.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/late-point-denies-kilkenny-u21s-title-221404.html|title=Late point denies Kilkenny U21s title|publisher=Irish Examiner|accessdate=3 October 2015|date=18 September 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-20012764.html|title=Finan hopeful Cats will have clean bill of health for U21 final|publisher=Irish Examiner|accessdate=3 October 2015|date=8 September 2006|first=Brendan|last=O'Brien}}</ref>

By that stage, Cody had already joined the [[Kilkenny senior hurling team|senior team]], under the management of his father [[Brian Cody]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/hurling/2005/1208/199034-kilkenny/|title=Cody announces new-look Cats squad|publisher=RTÉ Sport|accessdate=3 October 2015|date=12 December 2005|first=|last=}}</ref> He was part of the [[National Hurling League|National League]] and [[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship|Leinster SHC]]-winning teams in 2006, however, he was dropped from the team before the [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|All-Ireland SHC]] victory.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/kilkenny-boss-prepares-to-drop-captain-and-own-son/26375404.html|title=Kilkenny boss prepares to drop captain and own son|publisher=Irish Independent|accessdate=3 October 2015|date=20 July 2006|first=|last=}}</ref> Cody was recalled to the senior panel the following year and won further Leinster and All-Ireland SHC medals as a panel member in 2007 and 2008.

==Personal life==

His father, [[Brian Cody]], won four All-Ireland SHC medals as a player with Kilkenny, before managing the team to 11 All-Ireland SHC titles during his 24 seasons in charge.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40925240.html|title=Brian Cody deepdive: Crunching the numbers on an extraordinary career|publisher=Irish Examiner|accessdate=12 July 2023|date=24 July 2022|first=Barry|last=Cleary}}</ref> His mother, Elsie Walsh, played [[camogie]] with [[Wexford GAA|Wexford]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40983854.html|title='His club needed him and Brian Cody answered the call. That sums him up.'|publisher=Irish Examiner|accessdate=12 July 2023|date=15 October 2022|first=John|last=Fogarty}}</ref> His brother, [[Diarmuid Cody]], was an All-Ireland SHC-winner with Kilkenny in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/county/kilkenny/article/index/234836#google_vignette|title=Cody junior out to impress|publisher=Hogan Stand|accessdate=12 July 2023|date=2 April 2015|first=|last=}}</ref>

==Honours==

;St. Kieran's College
*[[Dr. Croke Cup|All-Ireland Colleges Senior Hurling Championship]]: [[2003 Croke Cup|2003]], [[2004 Croke Cup|2004]]
*[[Leinster Colleges Senior Hurling Championship]]: 2003, 2004

;James Stephens
*[[All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship]]: [[2004–05 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship|2005]]
*[[Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship]]: [[2004–05 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship#Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship|2004]], [[2005–06 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship#Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship|2005]]
*[[Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship]]: [[2004 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship|2004]], [[2005 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship|2005]], [[2011 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship|2011]]
*Kilkenny Minor Hurling Championship: 2003

;Kilkenny
*[[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]]: [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2006|2006]], [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2007|2007]], [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2008|2008]]
*[[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]]: [[2006 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship#Leinster Senior Hurling Championship|2006]], [[2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship#Leinster Senior Hurling Championship|2007]], [[2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship#Leinster Senior Hurling Championship|2008]]
*[[National Hurling League]]: [[National Hurling League 2006|2006]]
*[[All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship]]: [[2003 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|2003]]
*[[Leinster Minor Hurling Championship]]: [[2003 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship#Leinster Minor Hurling Championship|2003]]

== References ==
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