Career
Donohue began his sporting career in his home county of Galway, playing hurling at club level with Killimordaly and was later selected to represent his home county. In 1976, Donohue was offered a permanent teaching position in Tullamore, Company Offaly and joined Ballinamere Gaelic Athletic Association club some time later.
From there, he was selected for the Offaly senior hurling panel and made his first appearance during the 1980-1981 National League.
He became a regular player for the following two seasons. The story of that Championship year was later documented by author Michael Foley in the book, "Kings of September", in which Donohue contributed an account of his experience.
He continued to hurl with the Offaly senior panel until early 1982, making his last appearance in a League match against Waterford in February of that year. Donohue went on to train various club and county teams in both hurling and football.
