Joseph Millea (21 October 1941 – 30 January 2020) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with Graigue, Graigue-Ballycallan and also lined out at inter-county level with the

Kilkenny senior hurling team The Kilkenny county hurling team represents Kilkenny in hurling and is governed by Kilkenny GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior ...

Career

Millea first played

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and

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at club level with Graigue. He was part of the Graigue team that won junior divisional football honours in 1960, before ending the year with a Kilkenny JFC medal after a defeat of St Nicholas's in the final. A decade later Millea, by now playing with the Graigue-Ballycallan amalgamation, added a North Kilkenny JHC medal to his collection. Millea joined the

in advance of the 1969 season and qucikly won a Leinster SHC medal. He later scored a goal in Kilkenny's defeat of

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in the 1969 All-Ireland final. Millea lined out in a second Leinster final without success in 1970. He was called up to the

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inter-provincial team in 1971 and won a

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medal that year after a defeat of

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in the

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. In retirement from playing, Millea became involved in the coaching and administrative affairs of the Graigue-Ballycallan club.

Personal life and death

Millea built a successful business in land reclamation over several years. His daughters,

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and Tracy, played

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with Kilkenny and were All-Ireland SCC winners. Millea died at St. James's Hospital,

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on 30 January 2020, at the age of 78.

Honours

;Graigue *

Kilkenny Junior Football Championship The Kilkenny Junior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the J. J. Kavanagh & Sons Junior Football Championship and abbreviated to the Kilkenny JFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Kilkenny County Bo ...

: 1960 *Northern Kilkenny Junior Football Championship: 1960 ;Graigue-Ballycallan *Northern Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship: 1970 ;Kilkenny *

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1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship The Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurl ...

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: 1969 ;Leinster *

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Millea, Joe 1941 births 2020 deaths Graigue hurlers Graigue-Ballycallan hurlers Kilkenny inter-county hurlers Leinster inter-provincial hurlers All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners