Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Nioclás Ó Beacháin | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Full-back | ||
Born | 1946 Allenwood, County Kildare, Ireland | ||
Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Allenwood Éire Óg-Corrachoill | |||
Club titles | |||
Football | Hurling | ||
Kildare titles | 0 | 6 | |
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
Kildare | |||
Inter-county titles | |||
Leinster titles | 0 | ||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
NFL | 0 | ||
All Stars | 0 |
Nicholas Behan (born 1946) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler. At club level, he played with Allenwood and he also lined out as a dual player with various Kildare teams.
McTeague had his first success at club level in 1964 when he won a Kildare MFC title with St Mary's. [1] He later progressed to adult level Gaelic football with Allenwood. Behan played his club hurling with Éire Óg-Corrachoill and won six Kildare SHC medals between 1964 and 1971. [2]
At inter-county level, Behan was part of the Kildare team that won consecutive Leinster U21FC titles as well as the All-Ireland U21FC title in 1965. [3] Behan added an All-Ireland JHC medal to his collection after beating Warwickshire in the 1966 All-Ireland junior final. [4] An All-Ireland IHC medal followed in 1969, having earlier claimed the Division 2 league title. [5]
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