Jimmy Kennedy (hurler born 1926)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Séamus Ó Cinnéide | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Born | Kildangan, County Tipperary | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
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Kildangan UCD |
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| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1946–1948 1949–1951 |
Dublin Tipperary |
14 (12-66) |
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| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
| NHL | 2 | ||
Jimmy Kennedy (1926–2007) was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling at various times with his local clubs Kiladangan in Tipperary and UCD in Dublin. Kennedy also played with the Tipperary and Dublin senior inter-county teams from 1946 until 1951.
Jimmy Kennedy was born in Kildangan, County Tipperary in 1926. He was educated at the local national school and later attended St. Flannans College in Ennis, County Clare. Here his hurling skills were fully developed and he won Harty Cup and All-Ireland colleges titles in 1944. Kennedy capped off a memorable year with membership of the victorious Munster colleges inter-provincial team.
Kennedy subsequently studied agricultural science at University College Dublin. He achieved his degree in the late 1940s and took up employment with Minch Norton Maltings in Nenagh in 1950. He moved to the firm's Goresbridge depot as manager in 1961 before transferring to the Guinness Maltings in Midleton in 1964 where he stayed for seven years.
In 1954 Kennedy married Rita McCormack. Together they had four daughters and one son. In 1971 the Kennedys took over the J.K. Moloney drapery business in Liberty Square, Thurles. Kennedy’s wife died in 1983 and on his retirement from his drapery business he came back go his native Puckane.
Jimmy Kennedy died in 2007.
Kennedy played his club hurling with his local club in Kiladanagn. He won a North Tipperary junior championship medal with the club in 1944. Kennedy later played with the University College Dublin hurling club and enjoyed further successes. He won a Fitzgibbon Cup medal with the college club in the 1947-48 running of the intervarsity’s championship. He later added two Dublin county titles to his collection in 1947 and 1948. Kennedy later returned to his native Kiladangan club and continued playing until the mid-1950s.
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