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Éamonn Grimes

Éamonn Grimes
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Personal information
Irish name Éamonn Ó Greacháin
Sport Hurling
Position Midfield
Born 1947
Donoughmore, County Limerick, Ireland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Occupation Sales representative
Club(s)
Years Club
South Liberties
Club titles
Limerick titles 4
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1966–1981 Limerick 30 (3-27)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 2
All-Irelands 1
NHL 1
All Stars 2

Éamonn Grimes (born 1947) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a midfielder for the Limerick senior team.

Grimes joined the team during the 1966 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1981 championship. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal, four Munster medals, (two as a substitute) one National Hurling League medal and two All-Star awards. An All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions, Grimes captained the team to the All-Ireland title in 1973.

At club level Grimes was a four-time county club championship medalist with South Liberties.

During his secondary schooling at CBS Sexton Street, Grimes became a member of the college senior hurling team.

In 1964 he won his first Harty Cup medal following a defeat of St. Flannan's College. The subsequent All-Ireland decider saw the Limerick side face St. Peter's College, Wexford. A 6–7 to 4–5 victory gave grimes an All-Ireland medal.

Grimes added a second Harty Cup medal the following year, before losing to St. Kieran's College in the All-Ireland decider on a score line of 6–9 to 6–1.

In his final year with the school, Grimes won a third successive Harty Cup medal as captain of the side, following a defeat of Thurles CBS. The subsequent All-Ireland decider against St. Mary's of Galway was a rout, with a large 8–9 to 2–2 victory giving Grimes a second All-Ireland medal.


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