Mick Rochford

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Mick Rochford
Personal information
Irish name Mícheál de Rosfort
Sport Hurling
Position Right corner-back
Born 1890
Limerick, Ireland
Club(s)
YearsClub
Claughaun
Club titles
Limerick titles 4
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
Limerick
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 1
All-Irelands 1

Michael Rochford (born 1890) was an Irish hurler who played as a right corner-back for the Limerick senior team.

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Born in Limerick, Rochford first played competitive hurling in his youth. He made his first impression on the inter-county scene when he joined the Limerick senior team during a golden age between 1918 and 1923. Rochford went on to play a key role for Limerick for a brief period, and won one All-Ireland medal and one Munster medal. [1]

At club level he was a four-time championship medallist with Claughaun.

Honours

Player

Claughaun
Limerick

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References

  1. "Senior Hurling". Munster GAA website. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2012.