John O'Halloran

For the University President, see John O'Halloran (academic).

John O'Halloran

Personal information
Irish name	Seán Ó hAllúráin
Sport	Hurling
Position	Centre-forward
Born	Blackrock, County Cork, Ireland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
1960s-1970s	Blackrock
Club titles
Cork titles	4
Munster titles	1
All-Ireland Titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1963-1969	Cork	17 (2-4)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	1
All-Irelands	1
NHL	0

John O'Halloran (born 1943 in Blackrock, County Cork, Ireland) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played hurling with his local clubs UCC and Blackrock and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1963 until 1969.

Playing career

Inter-county

O'Halloran first came to prominence on the inter-county scene with Cork in 1963. He made his senior championship debut that year in the Munster semi-final against Tipperary. ^[1] It was a bleak period for the Cork hurling team.^{[ citation needed ]}

After losing back-to-back Munster finals to Tipperary in 1964 and 1965, O'Halloran's Cork team returned to centre stage in 1966. That year 'the Rebels' avoided Tipperary in the provincial championship and qualified for a Munster showdown with Waterford. An entertaining hour of hurling followed, however, victory went to Cork by 4-9 to 2-9 for the first time in ten years. It was O'Halloran's first senior Munster winners' medal. ^[2] This victory allowed Cork to advance directly to the All-Ireland final where arch-rivals Kilkenny provided the opposition. It was the first meeting of these two great sides since 1947 and ‘the Cats’ were installed as the firm favourites. In spite of this a hat-trick of goals by Colm Sheehan gave Cork a merited 3-9 to 1-10 victory over an Eddie Keher-inspired Kilkenny. It was O'Halloran's first All-Ireland winners' medal. ^[3]

Tipperary emerged as the Munster champions in both 1967 and 1968, however, Cork were back in 1969. That year O'Halloran's side breezed through the Munster campaign and the team qualified to meet Tipperary in the final. Cork were out to avenge the nine-point defeat administered by the same side in 1968 while Tipp were out to capture a third provincial title in-a-row. The game was a major triumph for Cork as ‘the Rebels’ won by 4-6 to 0-9. It was a victory that made up for all the beatings that Tipp had dished out to Cork in the early part of the decade and it gave O'Halloran a second Munster winners’ medal. Once again this victory paved the way for an All-Ireland showdown with Kilkenny. The game was there for the taking for Cork, particularly after Kilkenny forward Pat Delaney left the field on a stretcher. ‘The Rebels’ led ‘the Cats’ coming into the last quarter, however, Kilkenny scored five unanswered points in the last seven minutes to win by 2-15 to 2-9. O'Halloran's inter-county career ended following this defeat.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "Cork's Senior Hurling Championship Teams 1960-1969" (PDF). Cork GAA . Retrieved 29 August 2010.
2. "Munster Senior Hurling Finals". Munster GAA. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
3. "Cork GAA profile". Hogan Stand. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2010.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Mick McCarthy	Cork Senior Hurling Captain 1964	Succeeded by Denis O'Riordan