Frank Holohan

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Frank Holohan
Personal information
Irish name Prionsias Ó hUallacháin
Sport Hurling
Position Right corner-back
Born (1957-03-06) 6 March 1957 (age 66)
Knocktopher, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Occupation Army officer
Club(s)
YearsClub
Ballyhale Shamrocks
Club titles
Kilkenny titles 9
Leinster titles 4
All-Ireland Titles 3
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1981-1987
Kilkenny 4 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 3
All-Irelands 1
NHL 2
All Stars 0

Frank Holohan (born 6 March 1957) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a left corner-back for the Kilkenny senior team. [1]

Holohan joined the team during the 1981-82 National League and was a regular member of the team until his retirement from inter-county hurling after six seasons. During that time he won three Leinster winners' medal and two National Hurling League winners' medal. He also won one All-Ireland winners' medal as a non-playing substitute.

At club level Holohan is a three-time All-Ireland medalist with Ballyhale Shamrocks. In addition to this he has also won four Leinster winners' medals and nine county club championship winners' medals.

Honours

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References

  1. "Profile: F Holohan". GAA info website. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Kilkenny Senior Hurling Captain
1986
Succeeded by