Séamus Hennessy (hurler, born 1956)

Séamus Hennessy

Personal information
Irish name	Séamus Ó hAonasa
Sport	Hurling
Position	Midfield
Born	1956 Cloughjordan, County Tipperary, Ireland
Occupation	Farmer
Club(s)
Years	Club	Apps (scores)
	Kilruane MacDonaghs	31 (5-118)
Club titles
Tipperary titles	4
Munster titles	1
All-Ireland Titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1978-1979	Tipperary	0 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	0
All-Irelands	0
NHL	0
All Stars	0

Séamus Hennessy (born 1956^[1]) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Kilruane MacDonaghs and was also a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team.

Career

Hennessy first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Kilruane MacDonaghs.^[2] He is the only player to have lined out in six consecutive divisional under-21 finals and is one of only a handful of players to have won four consecutive Tipperary U21AHC titles with the club from 1973 to 1976. Hennessy was the youngest ever Kilruane player to line out in a North Tipperary SHC final when he did so as a 17-year-old in 1973. He came on as a substitute for Enda Hogan at midfield when Kilruane MacDonaghs won the All-Ireland Club Championship title in 1986^[3][4]

Hennessy first appeared on the inter-county scene during a two-year tenure with the Tipperary minor hurling team. He also spent two seasons with the under-21 team.^{[citation needed]} Hennessy's performances at club level earned his inclusion on the senior team for the 1979 Munster SHC campaign.^[5]

Personal life

His son, also called Séamus Hennessy, was part of the Tipperary team that won the All-Ireland SHC title in 2010.^[6]

Honours

Kilruane MacDonaghs

• All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship: 1986
• Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship: 1985
• Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship: 1977, 1978, 1979, 1985
• North Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship: 1977, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1987
• Tipperary Under-21 A Hurling Championship: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976

References

1. "Co. Tipperary Senior Hurling Final match programme 1985" (PDF). Tipperary Studies website. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
2. "The proud and rich tradition of Kilruane MacDonaghs". Tipp FM website. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
3. "Senior Hurling (Club)". Munster GAA website. 7 June 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
4. "Kilruane". New Ross Standard. 20 March 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
5. "Tipperary teams: 1970-1979". Premier View website. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
6. "'I knew it wasn't going to be okay. It couldn't be' - former Tipperary hurler on the loss of his mother to suicide". Irish Independent. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

External links

• Séamus Hennessy player profile