Nicholas "Nicky" Orr (born 23 February 1947) is an Irish retired hurler whose league and

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career with the Kilkenny senior team spanned nine seasons from 1969 to 1976. Born near Johnstown, County Kilkenny, Orr first played competitive hurling during his schooling at Johnstown national school. He began his club hurling career with the St. Finbarr's team, before later joining the Fenians club when it was formed in 1968. Orr won a county junior championship medal that year, which guaranteed promotion to the senior ranks the following year. An

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runner-up in 1975, he also won one

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medal and five county senior championship medals. Orr made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty when he was selected for the Kilkenny intermediate team. A

medal winner in this grade, he later joined the under-21 team, ending his tenure in this grade as an

runner-up in 1968. Orr made his senior debut during the 1969-70 league. Over the course of the next nine seasons, he won three

medals, beginning with a lone triumph in 1972 followed by back-to-back championships in 1974 and 1975. The All-Ireland-winning captain of 1974, Orr also won five

medals and one National Hurling League medal. A broken kneecap in 1976 brought his inter-county career to an end. Selected as a substitute on the

inter-provincial team in 1975, Orr won his only Railway Cup medal that year.

Career statistics

Honours

;Fenians *

Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship The Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association The ...

(1): 1974 * Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship (5): 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977 *

Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship The J. J. Kavanagh & Sons Premier Junior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1905 for the third-tier hurling teams in the county of Kilkenny in ...

(1): 1969 *

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 ...

(1): 1971 ;Kilkenny * All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (3):

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

, 1974 (c),

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

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 ...

(5): 1971,

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: ...

, 1974 (c),

* National Hurling League (1): 1975-76 *

Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship The Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship is an inter county competition between the Intermediate Hurling county teams in the province of Leinster. The Leinster Council organizes the series of games. The winners of the championship each y ...

(1):

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

;Leinster * Railway Cup (1): 1975

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Orr, Nicky 1947 births Living people Fenians hurlers Kilkenny inter-county hurlers Leinster inter-provincial hurlers All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners