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Mount Sion is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Waterford City, County Waterford, Ireland, founded by Brs O'Connor and Malone, teachers in the above school. Although technically separate from the school, the club still maintains a close relationship with the school, sharing the same sports facilities in the city.
John Keane was an Irish hurler who played as a centre-back for the Waterford senior team.
Phillip "Philly" Grimes was an Irish hurler who played as a midfielder for the Waterford senior team.
James Doyle was an Irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the Tipperary senior team.
Tony Browne is an Irish hurler who played as a right wing-back for the Waterford senior team from 1991 until his retirement from inter-county hurling in 2014.
Fergal Hartley is an Irish retired hurler who played as a centre-back for the Waterford senior team.
Liam Devaney was an Irish hurler. His league and championship career with the Tipperary senior team spanned fourteen seasons from 1954 until 1968.
Michael Murphy was an Irish hurler who played as a left wing-back for the Tipperary senior team.
Michael Roche was an Irish hurler whose league and championship career with the Tipperary senior team spanned twelve seasons from 1963 to 1974. He is regarded as one of the greatest centre-backs of all time, in spite of spending much of playing career in his favoured position of midfield.
Eoin McGrath is an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-forward for the Waterford senior team. He joined the team in 2002 and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement in 2012.
Ken McGrath is an Irish hurler and current hurling selector who played as a centre-back for the Waterford senior team. He joined the team in 1996 and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement in 2011.
Cornelius Roche is an Irish retired hurler and former manager and selector. He played for Cork Senior Championship club St. Finbarr's and was a member of the Cork senior hurling team for ten years, during which time he usually lined out as a left wing-back.
Michael Byrne, better known as "the Rattler" Byrne, was an Irish hurler whose league and championship career with the Tipperary senior team spanned fifteen years from 1945 to 1960.
Frankie Walsh was an Irish hurler who played as a left wing-forward for the Waterford senior team.
Thomas English, known as Theo English, was an Irish hurler and coach. As a player, he was noted as a tactician with "good ball control and excellent stickwork". English was, at the time of his retirement, the longest-serving midfielder the Tipperary senior hurling team ever had, and has been described as "one of Tipp[erary]'s finest hurlers".
Tom Collins was a dual player from County Kerry, Ireland. He played hurling with Kerry and Kilmoyley and football with Kerry and St Brendans.
Michael Peter Flannelly is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the Waterford senior team.
Séamus Power is an Irish retired sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Mount Sion and was a member of the Waterford senior inter-county team in the 1950s and 1960s. He first appeared in a Waterford jersey when he played at full-forward for the Waterford minor hurling team defeated by Cork in 1946 and he first played for the senior team in 1949 against Limerick when he came on as a substitute for Davy Power. He was playing for the Roscrea club at that time as he was working there for the Post Office.
Patrick "Pat" McGrath is an Irish retired hurler who played as a midfielder for the Waterford senior team.
Larry Fanning was an Irish hurler who played as a full-back for the Waterford senior team.
References
- ↑ "Dick Roche". Mount Sion GAA website. May 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ↑ "GAA legend passes away". Hogan Stand. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2015.