Lorenzo Ignatius "Lory" Meagher (25 May 1899 – 17 May 1973) was an Irish
hurler who played as a midfielder at senior level for the
Kilkenny county team.
Born in
Tullaroan
Tullaroan () is a village in the western part of County Kilkenny in the Slieveardagh Hills near the County Tipperary, Tipperary border. Tullaroan is also the name of the local civil parish.
Sport
Tullaroan GAA are the most successful Gaelic Ath ...
,
County Kilkenny
County Kilkenny ( gle, Contae Chill Chainnigh) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the South-East Region. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. Kilkenny County Council is the local authority for the cou ...
, Meagher arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-four when he first linked up with the Kilkenny senior team. He made his debut in the
1924 championship. Meagher went on to play a key part for more than a decade, and won three
All-Ireland
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medals, eight
Leinster
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medals and one
National Hurling League
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medal. An All-Ireland runner-up on four occasions, Meagher also captained the team to All-Ireland victory in 1935.
Meagher represented the
Leinster
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inter-provincial team at various times throughout his career, winning two
Railway Cup
The GAA Interprovincial Championship ( ga, An Corn Idir-Chúigeach) or Railway Cup (''Corn an Iarnróid'') is the name of two annual Gaelic football and hurling competitions held between the provinces of Ireland. The Connacht, Leinster, Munster ...
medals in 1927 and 1933. At club level, he won five
championship
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Championship systems
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In this system ...
medals with
Tullaroan
Tullaroan () is a village in the western part of County Kilkenny in the Slieveardagh Hills near the County Tipperary, Tipperary border. Tullaroan is also the name of the local civil parish.
Sport
Tullaroan GAA are the most successful Gaelic Ath ...
.
Throughout his career, Meagher made 39 championship appearances for Kilkenny. His retirement came following Kilkenny's defeat by
Tipperary
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**North Tipperary, a former administrative county based in Nenagh
**South Tipperary, a former administrative county based in Clonmel
*Tipperary (town), County Tipperary's na ...
in the
1937 championship.
His brothers,
Frank
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Curr ...
,
Willie
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and
Henry
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, all played with distinction with Kilkenny.
Meagher has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of hurling's greatest players, including as midfield partner to
Jack Lynch
John Mary Lynch (15 August 1917 – 20 October 1999) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach from 1966 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979, Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1966 to 1979, Leader of the Opposition from 1973 to 1977, Minister ...
on the
Hurling Team of the Century
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in 1984 and the
Hurling Team of the Millennium
The An Post GAA Hurling Team of the Millennium was chosen in 2000 to comprise, as a fifteen-member side divided as one goalkeeper, three full-backs, three half-backs, two midfielders, three half-forwards and three full-forwards, the best hurli ...
in 2000.
Playing career
Club
Meagher played his club hurling with
Tullaroan
Tullaroan () is a village in the western part of County Kilkenny in the Slieveardagh Hills near the County Tipperary, Tipperary border. Tullaroan is also the name of the local civil parish.
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Tullaroan GAA are the most successful Gaelic Ath ...
and enjoyed much success during a lengthy career.
He made his club debut in 1919, in what was the delayed ending of the 1916 championship. The delay, a direct consequence of a period of political instability in Ireland, eventually led to the suspension of the
championship
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Title match system
In this system ...
for a number of years. Tullaroan contested that year's final, with Meagher lining out at midfield, however, a 5–2 to 2–3 score line after an earlier drawn game resulted in victory for
Mooncoin
Mooncoin () is a census town in County Kilkenny, in Ireland. The population was 1,175 in 2016. Historically part of the Gaelic kingdom of Osraige, today it is in the far south of the county of Kilkenny, located in the valley of the River Suir. I ...
.
By 1924, the championship had resumed on a regular basis and Tullaroan contested the decider once again. A comprehensive 4–4 to 2–2 defeat of
Clonmanto gave Meagher his first championship medal.
Tullaroan and Meagher made it two-in-a-row in 1925, following a narrow 3–4 to 3–3 defeat of
Dicksboro.
A period of decline followed, however, Tullaroan fought back to reach the championship decider once again in 1930. A 4–4 to 0–3 trouncing of senior hurling novices
Urlingford
Urlingford () is a town, as well as a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish within the barony of Galmoy. It is located in the north west of County Kilkenny, along the boundary with County Tipperary, in Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Ireland.
A ...
gave Meagher a third championship medal.
Tullaroan surrendered their championship crown the following year, but returned to the decider again in 1933. A high-scoring 6–5 to 5–4 defeat of
Carrickshock gave Meagher, who by now was captain of the team, a fourth championship medal.
Carrickshock stood in the way of a second successive championship for Tullaroan in 1934, however, they proved no match. A 6–6 to 1–5 victory gave Meagher his fifth and final championship medal and his second victory as captain.
Meagher's club career ended in much the same way in which it started, as a narrow 4–2 to 4–1 defeat by Mooncoin in the 1936 decider proved to be his final big outing with Tullaroan.
Inter-county
Meagher made his senior inter-county debut for Kilkenny in a 1–3 to 3–4 Leinster semi-final defeat by
Dublin
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in 1924.
In 1925, Meagher lined out in his first provincial decider. Reigning champions Dublin provided the opposition and secured a 6–4 to 4–7 victory. A subsequent objection forced the result to be overturned, and Meagher collected his first
Leinster
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medal as Kilkenny were awarded the title.
Meagher won a second Leinster medal, his first on the field of play, in 1926 as
Offaly
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were accounted for by 3–8 to 1–4. On 24 October 1926, he lined out in his first All-Ireland decider, with his two brothers,
Willie
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and
Henry
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, also on the Kilkenny team to face
Cork
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. At a snow-covered
Croke Park
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, the first half was even enough with Cork holding an interval lead of one point, however, Kilkenny slumped in the second half, going down to a 4–6 to 2–0 defeat.
After tamely surrendering their Leinster crown to Dublin the following year, both sides met again in the provincial decider in 1929. Controversy and dissent dogged the game as the players from the
Dicksboro club did not play as they disagreed with the selection committee's choice. The dispute caused a delay in taking the field. Kilkenny won the game by 3–5 to 2–6; however, Dublin objected on the grounds that Kilkenny were late taking the field. The referee reported that they were seventeen minutes late, but Dublin were also late. The final was declared null and void.
After a shock defeat by
Laois
County Laois ( ; gle, Contae Laoise) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a medi ...
in 1931, both sides met in the provincial decider the following year. A 4–7 to 4–2 victory gave Meagher his third Leinster medal. 6 September 1931 saw Kilkenny face Cork in the All-Ireland final for the first time in five years. The first half was closely contested, with a goal from
Mick Ahern
Michael John "Gah" Ahern (22 May 1905 – 30 December 1946) was an Irish hurler who played as a full-forward for the Cork senior team.
Born in Ballintemple, Cork, Ahern first played competitive hurling during his schooling at Crab Lane Nat ...
helping Cork to a half-time lead of 1–3 to 0–2. Cork stretched the advantage to six points in the second half, but Kilkenny came storming back with a goal and then four points on the trot to take the lead by one point. In the dying moments,
Eudie Coughlan
Eugene "Eudie" Coughlan (26 August 1900 – 4 January 1987) was an Irish hurler. His league and championship career with the Cork senior team spanned thirteen seasons from 1919 until 1931.
Born in Cork, Coughlan was raised in a strong hurli ...
got possession and made his way towards the goal. As he did so he slipped and fell but struck the sliotar while he was down on his knees, and it went over the bar for the equalising point. A 1–6 apiece draw was the result. 11 October 1931 was the date of the replay and proved to be just as exciting a contest as the first game. Meagher was playing the best hurling of his career at this time and scored a magnificent point from 90 yards out the field. In spite of this great effort a winner couldn't be found and both sides finished level again at 2–5 apiece. After this game, officials pressed for extra time; however, Cork captain Eudie Coughlan rejected this. It was also suggested at a meeting of
Council
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that both teams be declared joint champions and that half an All-Ireland medal by given to each player. This motion was later defeated. As the All-Ireland saga went to a third meeting on 1 November 1931, Meagher was ruled out of the game because of broken ribs sustained in the first replay. Such was the esteem in which he was held, the game was virtually conceded to Cork since the star captain couldn't play. In spite of fielding a younger team, Kilkenny were defeated by Cork on a score line of 5–8 to 3–4.
Kilkenny retained their provincial crown in 1932, with Meagher adding a fourth Leinster medal to his collection following a 4–6 to 3–5 defeat of Dublin. The All-Ireland final on 4 September 1932 saw
Clare provide the opposition for the first time in almost twenty years. In a low-scoring game, Clare's
Tull Considine
Turlough Owen "Tull" Considine (5 October 1898 – 7 July 1980) was an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer who played for the Clare senior teams.
A talented dual player, Considine first played for the senior hurling team during the 1918 cha ...
scored two goals and was foiled for what would almost certainly have been a third. These goals were negated by Kilkenny's three goal-scoring heroes
Matty Power
Matthew "Matty" Power (18 October 1899 – 7 October 1965) was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling at various times with his local clubs Dicksboro and Garda. Power was also a member of the Kilkenny and Dublin senior inter-county team ...
,
Martin White and Meagher, who scored a remarkable goal from a line ball. The final score of 3–3 to 2–3 gave victory to Kilkenny and gave Meagher an
All-Ireland
All-Ireland (sometimes All-Island) refers to all of Ireland, as opposed to the separate jurisdictions of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. "All-Ireland" is most frequently used to refer to sporting teams or events for the entire islan ...
medal.
1933 saw Meagher add a
National Hurling League
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medal to his collection following a 3–8 to 1–3 defeat of
Limerick
Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2016 ...
. He later won a fifth Leinster medal following a stunning comeback against Dublin in which he scored a decisive goal in a 7–5 to 2–5 victory. The All-Ireland final on 3 September 1933 saw a record crowd of 45,176 travel to Croke Park to see Kilkenny face and up-and-coming Limerick. After being level at the interval, the game remained close in the second half until a solo-run goal by
Johnny Dunne
Johnny Dunne (1 December 1903 – 7 September 1954) was an Irish hurler who played as a full-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.
Born in Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny, Dunne first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-thr ...
sealed a 1–7 to 0–6 victory. It was Meagher's second consecutive All-Ireland medal.
After surrendering their provincial crown to Dublin in 1934, Kilkenny faced Laois in the decider again the following year. A 3–8 to 0–6 victory gave Meagher, who was now captain of the team, a sixth Leinster medal. Another record crowd gathered at Croke Park for the All-Ireland final between Kilkenny and Limerick on 1 September 1935. In spite of rain falling throughout the entire game, both sides served up a classic. At the beginning of the second-half, Meagher sent over a huge point from midfield giving Kilkenny a lead which they wouldn't surrender. A narrow 2–5 to 2–4 victory gave Meagher a third All-Ireland medal, while he also had the honour of collecting the
Liam MacCarthy Cup
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.
Kilkenny dominated the provincial series again in 1936 and Meagher won his seventh Leinster medal following a 4–6 to 2–5 defeat of Laois. The lure of a Kilkenny-Limerick clash brought a record crowd of over 50,000 to Croke Park for the All-Ireland decider on 6 September 1936. The first half produced a game that lived up to the previous clashes, and Limerick had a two-point advantage at half-time. In the second half Limerick took over and Meagher's side were completely outclassed on a 5–6 to 1–5 score line.
Meagher's influence on the Kilkenny team had been in decline for a number of seasons, however, he was still chosen for the opening provincial games in 1937. A 5–3 to 2–4 defeat of provincial final debutantes game him his eighth Leinster medal. For the first time in his career, Meagher was dropped from the starting fifteen for the subsequent All-Ireland semi-final defeat of
Galway
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. The All-Ireland final against
Tipperary
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took place at
Fitzgerald Stadium
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,
Killarney
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on 5 September 1937, however, Meagher was among the substitutes. He was introduced in the second half, however. Tipp gave a tour de force performance and recorded a 3–11 to 0–3 victory in one of the most one-sided championship deciders ever.
This was Meagher's last game in the black and amber jersey of Kilkenny.
Inter-provincial
Meagher also had the honour of lining out with
Leinster
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in the inter-provincial series of games.
His inter-provincial hurling career had something of an unorthodox beginning. While attending the inaugural
Railway Cup
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semi-final between
Connacht
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and Leinster at
O'Moore Park
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as a spectator, one of the players on the team cried off to make way for Meagher. His performance was so good that he was retained for the decider against
Munster
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. A 1–11 to 2–6 victory gave Meagher his first Railway Cup medal.
After a period of Munster dominance, Leinster reclaimed the title in 1933. The 4–6 to 3–6 victory gave Meagher a second Railway Cup medal.
Recognition
In time, Meagher came to be regarded as one of the greatest players of all-time.
Moondharrig, a contemporary hurling commentator, said of him: ''"Meagher was the stylist of the hurling fields, not alone in the hey-day of his career, the late '20s and early '30s, but possibly in our life-times. Certainly no sweeter striker of the ball has graced the senior championship for Meagher was equally effective off the ground or in the air, from play or from the side-placed ball."''.
In his book, ''A Lifetime in Hurling'', contemporary Tipperary hurler
Tommy Doyle, wrote: ''"Lory Meagher was one of the greatest hurlers Kilkenny ever produced. When the occasion demanded few hurlers could rise to the same brilliancy as the Tullaroan captain, and for a period of ten years or so he inspired his county to many notable triumphs."''
Following his death in 1973, prominent Gaelic games sportswriter, Pádraig Puirséil, wrote: ''"I have not seen the equal of his artistry, or watched a more supreme stylist. When the mood was on him Meagher was a veritable magician, with a camán for a wand; he was a wizard with the sliotar at his command."''
At his funeral, his coffin was carried from the altar to the waiting hearse by former Cork legends
Jack Barrett, Eudie Coughlan,
Paddy "Fox" Collins and
Jim O'Regan. These men had played against Meagher in the epic three-game All-Ireland saga in 1931.
A decade after his death, Meagher received the ultimate honour during the GAA's centenary year in 1984 when he was chosen at midfield on the
Hurling Team of the Century
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. In 1988, he was chosen on a special Tullaroan team to celebrate the centenary of the club's foundation. Meagher later retained his position at midfield on the
Hurling Team of the Millennium
The An Post GAA Hurling Team of the Millennium was chosen in 2000 to comprise, as a fifteen-member side divided as one goalkeeper, three full-backs, three half-backs, two midfielders, three half-forwards and three full-forwards, the best hurli ...
in 2000, while he was also named in the same position on a special Kilkenny Team of the Century.
In 2008, Meagher's name was further honoured when the
Lory Meagher Cup
The Lory Meagher Cup (; often referred to as the Meagher Cup) is the fifth-highest inter-county senior championship in hurling. Each year, the champion team in the Lory Meagher Cup is promoted to the Nicky Rackard Cup.
The Lory Meagher Cup, w ...
was introduced for "fourth tier" teams.
Personal life
Christened Lorenzo Ignatius Meagher, Lory, as he was known, was born in
Tullaroan
Tullaroan () is a village in the western part of County Kilkenny in the Slieveardagh Hills near the County Tipperary, Tipperary border. Tullaroan is also the name of the local civil parish.
Sport
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. The name Lorenzo had been in the family for generations and one of his grand uncles, named Lorenzo, had been a naval doctor. Meagher was born into a family that was heavily involved in nationalist politics and in
Gaelic games
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. His father, Henry Joseph Meagher (born 1865), is believed to have attended the very first meeting of the
Gaelic Athletic Association
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in
Thurles
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in 1884. His mother, Elizabeth Keoghan (born 1866), from Threecastles, was an aunt of the famous Grace family, which was to garner fifteen All-Ireland medals in all. A cousin was
Jack Keoghan
Jack Keoghan (29 March 1887 – May 1963) was an Irish hurler. His championship career with the Kilkenny senior team lasted eight seasons from 1907 to 1914.
Born in Tullaroan, County Kilkenny, Keoghan was just fifteen years old when he joine ...
, who won five All-Ireland medals.
Jer Doheny
Jeremiah "Jer" Doheny (20 July 1874 – 11 August 1929) was an Irish hurler who played as a right corner-forward for the Kilkenny senior team. He was captain for Kilkenny's first All Ireland victory in 1904.
Born in Ballycallan, County Kilk ...
, who captained Kilkenny's first All-Ireland winning team, was also a cousin. The Meaghers were substantial farmers, farming about 130 acres of good land.
Meagher was the third child in the family. His siblings included
Willie
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(1895–1957), Kathleen (born 1896),
Frank
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(1897–1971), Elizabeth (1898–1987), Mary Agnes (1901–1978),
Henry
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(1902–1982) and Rose Angela (1906–1984).
After his education at the local
national school, Meagher spent the rest of his life working as a farmer and never married.
Honours
Team
;Tullaroan
*
Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship (5): 1924, 1925, 1930, 1933 (c), 1934 (c)
;Kilkenny
*
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
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1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
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1935
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January
* January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
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(c)
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Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
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1926
Events January
* January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece.
* January 8
**Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
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1931
Events
January
* January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.
* January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa.
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1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
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1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...
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1935
Events
January
* January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
* ...
(c),
1936
Events
January–February
* January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
,
1937
Events
January
* January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua.
* January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Fe ...
*
National Hurling League
The National Hurling League is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition featuring teams from Ireland and England. Founded in 1925 by the Gaelic Athletic Association, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation within the l ...
(1):
1932–33
;Leinster
*
Railway Cup
The GAA Interprovincial Championship ( ga, An Corn Idir-Chúigeach) or Railway Cup (''Corn an Iarnróid'') is the name of two annual Gaelic football and hurling competitions held between the provinces of Ireland. The Connacht, Leinster, Munster ...
(2): 1927, 1933
Individual
;Honours
*
Hurling Team of the Millennium
The An Post GAA Hurling Team of the Millennium was chosen in 2000 to comprise, as a fifteen-member side divided as one goalkeeper, three full-backs, three half-backs, two midfielders, three half-forwards and three full-forwards, the best hurli ...
: Midfield
*
Hurling Team of the Century
The Hurling Team of the Century was chosen as part of the Gaelic Athletic Association's centenary year celebrations in 1984 to comprise, as a fifteen-member side divided as one goalkeeper, three half-backs, two midfielders, three half-forwardss a ...
: Midfield
*Kilkenny Team of the Century: Midfield
*Tullaroan Team of the Century: Midfield
*
GAA Hall of Fame
The GAA Hall of Fame is the hall of fame for Gaelic games in Ireland. The hall opened in the Cusack Stand, Croke Park, Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is ...
Inductee: 2013
References
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1899 births
1973 deaths
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners
Irish farmers
Kilkenny inter-county hurlers
Leinster inter-provincial hurlers
Tullaroan hurlers