Nicky Horan

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Nicky Horan
Personal information
Sport Hurling
Position Forward and
Born (1978-02-12) 12 February 1978 (age 45)
County Meath
Club(s)
YearsClub
2000's
Kilmessan
Club titles
Meath titles 2
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2002-2008
Meath ? (8-53)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 0
All-Irelands 0

Niochalas Horan is a retired hurler from County Meath. He played with the Meath intercounty team. He won a Kehoe Cup and the Leinster Junior Hurling Championship in the 90's , and 00's, and the All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship in 2004. He won a Nicky Rackard Cup in 2008.

Football

Horan played football at minor and Under 21 level with Dunsany in Meath. [1]

He has had success at club level with Kilmessan winning Meath Senior Hurling Championships in 2004 and 2008 and a Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship in 2008. [2]

He retired soon after his Leinster Intermediate Club championship success with Kilmessan citing family and work commitments as his reasons and decided he had achieved enough at top tier hurling!

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References

  1. "Horan Nicky - HoganStand".
  2. "Leinster club IHC: Historic first for Kilmessan - HoganStand".