Finbarr O'Neill

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Finbarr O'Neill
Personal information
Irish name Fionnbarra Ó Néill
Sport Hurling
Position Goalkeeper
Born 1941
Blackpool, Cork, Ireland
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Club(s)
YearsClub
Glen Rovers
Club titles
Cork titles 5
Munster titles 3
All-Ireland Titles 2
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1965-1968
Cork 2 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 1
All-Irelands 1
NHL 0

Finbarr O'Neill (born 1941) is an Irish retired hurler. He played hurling at club level with Glen Rovers and at inter-county level as a member of the Cork senior hurling team.

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Biography

O'Neill joined the Glen Rovers club at a young age and made his senior debut as goalkeeper during the 1964 championship. He won All-Ireland Championship medals in 1973 and 1977. O'Neill also won three Munster Championship medals and five County Championship medals. [1]

At inter-county level, O'Neill was sub-goalkeeper on the Cork senior hurling team that won the All-Ireland Championship in 1966. He had earlier won a Munster Championship medal as a substitute.

Honours

Glen Rovers
Cork

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References

  1. "Senior Hurling (Club)". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 16 October 2018.