Jack Egan (Kilkenny hurler)

Last updated

Jack Egan
Personal information
Irish name Seán Mac Aogáin
Sport Hurling
Position Goalkeeper
Born 21 January 1921 [1]
Threecastles,
County Kilkenny, Ireland
Died 2 December 1994 (aged 73)
Kilkenny, Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Occupation Woollen mills worker
Club(s)
YearsClub
 Threecastles
Tullaroan
Éire Óg
Cootehill
Club titles
Kilkenny titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1946-1947
 Kilkenny
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 1
All-Irelands 1
NHL 0

John Egan (21 January 1921 - 2 December 1994) was an Irish hurler. His league and championship career with the Kilkenny senior hurling team lasted just one season. [2]

Contents

Biography

Egan was born in Threecastles, County Kilkenny in 1921, son of Martin Egan who was a lifelong administrator with the North Kilkenny GAA Board. He quickly developed a love for hurling and was a member of the Threecastles team that won the Kilkenny Junior Championship in 1940.

Around this time Egan took up employment with Kilkenny Woollen Mills and played with them in the Kilkenny Junior Championship. He played with the Kilkenny junior hurling team which won the All-Ireland Championship in 1946 before graduating to the senior team. On 7 September 1947, Egan won an All-Ireland Championship medal at senior level, as understudy to Jim Donegan, following a one-point defeat of Cork in the final.

As there was no parish rule for club hurling at the time, Egan joined the Tullaroan club with whom he won a Kilkenny Senior Championship medal in 1948. Soon after that victory, he joined the Éire Óg club and remained a member until the club disbanded in the early 1960s. Egan completed his medal collection in 1965 when he lined out with Cootehill who won the Cavan Senior Championship.

Egan died in Kilkenny on 2 December 1994.

Honours

Threecastles
Tullaroan
Cootehill
Kilkenny

Related Research Articles

Patrick Phelan was an Irish hurler who played as a left wing-back for the Kilkenny senior team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lory Meagher</span> Kilkenny hurler

Lorenzo Ignatius "Lory" Meagher was an Irish hurler who played as a midfielder at senior level for the Kilkenny county team.

James Langton was an Irish hurler who usually played as a left wing-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.

Kevin Armstrong was a dual player who played football and hurling for his local club O'Connell's and for the Antrim senior inter-county teams in both codes from the 1940s until the 1960s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship</span> Annual hurling competition

The Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the top-ranking senior clubs in the county of Kilkenny in Ireland. It is the most prestigious competition in Kilkenny hurling.

Jeremiah "Jer" Doheny was an Irish hurler who played as a right corner-forward for the Kilkenny senior team. He was captain for Kilkenny's first All Ireland victory in 1904.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jack Rochford</span> Kilkenny hurler

John Rochford was an Irish hurler who played as a full-back at senior level for the Kilkenny county team.

Seán Clohosey was an Irish hurler who played for club sides Tullaroan and Young Irelands. He played for the Kilkenny senior hurling team for a decade, during which time he lined out in a variety of positions including left corner-forward, left wing-forward and midfield.

Martin White was an Irish hurler who played as a centre-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.

Patrick Grace was an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-back for the Kilkenny senior team.

Patrick "Fox" Maher was an Irish hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Kilkenny senior team.

Jack Hoyne was an Irish hurler who played as a full-back for the Kilkenny senior team.

James Dermody was an Irish hurler. His league and championship career as a goalkeeper with the Kilkenny senior team lasted several years between 1922 and 1934.

James "Shem" Downey was an Irish hurler who played as a midfielder for the Kilkenny senior team.

Tullaroan is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the village of Tullaroan in County Kilkenny, Ireland. The club was founded in 1884 and is primarily concerned with the game of hurling. Tullaroan is the most successful club in the history of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship.

William Walsh was an Irish hurler who played as a left wing-back for the Kilkenny senior team.

William Walton was an Irish hurler who played as a left wing-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.

James John Donegan is an Irish former hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Dublin and Kilkenny senior teams.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mark Marnell</span> Irish hurler

Mark Marnell was an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-back for the Kilkenny senior team.

Thomas Christopher Walton was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with Tullaroan and was an All-Ireland Championship winner with the Kilkenny senior hurling team in 1947.

References

  1. ↑ "Birth of JOHN EGAN on 21 January 1921". Irish Genealogy website. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "Kilkenny GAA Bible" (PDF). Kilkenny GAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.