Thomas Neville (1939 – 19 October 2018) was an

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hurler who played as a right corner-back for the

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senior team.

Biography

Born in

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, County Wexford, Neville first played competitive hurling in his youth. He made his senior debut for the Wexford senior team during the 1960 championship. Neville went on to play a key part for Wexford during a successful era for the county, and won two

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medals, five

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medals and one National Hurling League medal. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on three occasions. As a member of the

inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Neville won three Railway Cup medals. At club level he won one

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medal with

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. Throughout his career Neville made 27 championship appearances. His retirement came following Wexford's defeat by Kilkenny in the 1972 championship. Neville is widely regarded as one of Wexford's greatest-ever players.

Honours

Team

;Geraldine O'Hanrahan's *

Wexford Senior Hurling Championship The Wexford Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Pettitt's SuperValu Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Wexford GAA clubs. The Wexford County Board of the Gaelic Athl ...

(1): 1966 ;Wexford * All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (2):

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Jan ...

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Janu ...

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):

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...

, 1965,

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* National Hurling League (1): 1966-67 ;Leinster * Railway Cup (3): 1964, 1965, 1967

References

1939 births 2018 deaths Geraldine O'Hanrahan's hurlers Wexford inter-county hurlers Leinster inter-provincial hurlers All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners {{Wexford-hurling-bio-stub