Cathal Naughton (born 3 July 1987) is an Irish retired hurler who played for Cork Senior Championship club newtownshandrum. He played for the Cork senior hurling team for 8 years, during which time he usually lined out as a left wing-forward. Naughton began his hurling career at club level with Newtownshandrum. He broke onto the club's top adult team as a 16-year-old in 2004 and was at left corner-forward when the club lost the All-Ireland final in 2006. He enjoyed his greatest successes in 2005 and 2009 when the club won the Cork Championship and Munster Championship title. Naughton made 55 championship appearances at senior championship level for the club, while his early prowess also saw him selected for the Cork Institute of Technology in the Fitzgibbon Cup. At inter-county level, Naughton was part of the Cork minor team that won back-to-back Munster Championships in 2004 and 2005 before later winning a Munster Championship with the under-21 team in 2007. He joined the Cork senior team in 2006. Naughton began his senior career as an impact sub before eventually becoming a regular member of the starting fifteen and made a combined total of 71 National League and Championship appearances in a career that ended with his last game in 2013. During that time he won a Munster Championship medal as a panel member in 2006. Naughton's career ended after effectively being dropped from the panel at the start of the 2014 season. Playing career Soccer Naughton enjoyed a successful soccer career with Charleville A.F.C. with whom he won many honours and also played with the Limerick Schoolboy League in the Kennedy Cup. He spent a year at the Nottingham Forest F.C. academy in his teens and he was offered a contract with the club but declined the offer in favour of continuing his education at home. He was also invited to try out for Manchester City F.C. At home, Naughton played representative soccer with Ireland on four occasions at under-17 level. Now Naughton plys his trade with Granagh United (GUFC) in the Limerick Desmond league first division. Naughton has been in free scoring form so far this season. Last year he guided GUFC to the desmond league division two title. Colleges In 2005 Naughton was captain of the Charleville CBS senior hurling team. He won a Munster Colleges Senior B Hurling Championship medal following a 3–9 to 0–8 defeat of