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Séamus Hennessy (hurler, born 1956)

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Séamus Hennessy
Personal information
Irish name Séamus Ó hAonasa
Sport Hurling
Position Midfield
Born 1956
Cloughjordan,
County Tipperary, Ireland
Occupation Farmer
Club(s)
Years Club Apps (scores)
Kilruane MacDonaghs 31 (5-118)
Club titles
Tipperary titles 4
Munster titles 1
All-Ireland Titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1978-1979
Tipperary 0 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
All Stars 0

Séamus Hennessy (born 1956[1]) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Kilruane MacDonaghs and was also a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team.

Career

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Hennessy first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Kilruane MacDonaghs.[2] He is the only player to have lined out in six consecutive divisional under-21 finals and is one of only a handful of players to have won four consecutive Tipperary U21AHC titles with the club from 1973 to 1976. Hennessy was the youngest ever Kilruane player to line out in a North Tipperary SHC final when he did so as a 17-year-old in 1973. He came on as a substitute for Enda Hogan at midfield when Kilruane MacDonaghs won the All-Ireland Club Championship title in 1986[3][4]

Hennessy first appeared on the inter-county scene during a two-year tenure with the Tipperary minor hurling team. He also spent two seasons with the under-21 team.[citation needed] Hennessy's performances at club level earned his inclusion on the senior team for the 1979 Munster SHC campaign.[5]

Personal life

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His son, also called Séamus Hennessy, was part of the Tipperary team that won the All-Ireland SHC title in 2010.[6]

Honours

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Kilruane MacDonaghs

References

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  1. ^ "Co. Tipperary Senior Hurling Final match programme 1985" (PDF). Tipperary Studies website. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  2. ^ "The proud and rich tradition of Kilruane MacDonaghs". Tipp FM website. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Senior Hurling (Club)". Munster GAA website. 7 June 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Kilruane". New Ross Standard. 20 March 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Tipperary teams: 1970-1979". Premier View website. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  6. ^ "'I knew it wasn't going to be okay. It couldn't be' - former Tipperary hurler on the loss of his mother to suicide". Irish Independent. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
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