Johnny Dunne

Johnny Dunne

Personal information
Irish name	Seán Ó Duinn
Sport	Hurling
Position	Full-forward
Born	1 December 1903 Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Died	7 September 1954 (aged 50) Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Nickname	Lovely Johnny Dunne
Occupation	Postman
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Mooncoin Dicksboro
Club titles
Kilkenny titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1928-1938	Kilkenny
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	3
All-Irelands	2
NHL	1

Johnny Dunne (1 December 1903 – 7 September 1954) was an Irish hurler who played as a full-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.

Born in Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny, Dunne first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-three when he first linked up with the Kilkenny senior team. Dunne went on to play a key part for Kilkenny during a successful era for the team, and won two All-Ireland medals, three Leinster medals and one National Hurling League medal.^[1][2] He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.

As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team, Dunne won two Railway Cup medals. At club level he won one championship medal with Mooncoin.

Dunne's retirement came following the conclusion of the 1938 championship.

References

1. "Kilkenny GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Archived from the original on 14 October 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
2. "Leinster Senior Hurling Finalists" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2012.