Liam Devaney
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Liam Ó Dubháin | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Born | Borrisoleigh, County Tipperary | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Borrisoleigh | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Tipperary titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1950s-1960s | Tipperary | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 6 | ||
| All-Irelands | 5 | ||
| NHL | 6 | ||
Liam Devaney (born 1935 in Borrisoleigh, County Tipperary) is a retired Irish sportsman. He played hurling with his local club Borrisoleigh and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team in the 1950s and 1960s.
Devaney played his club hurling with his local Borrisoleigh clun and enjoyed some success. He was just out of the minor grade in 1953 when he captured a senior county title. It was the club’s last county victory for almost thirty years.
Devaney first came to prominence in the inter-county scene in the early 1950s as a member of the Tipperary minor hurling team. He first tasted success in 1952 when Tipp captured the Munster minor title. Devaney later added an All-Ireland minor title as Tipp defeated Dublin. Devaney added a second set of Munster and All-Ireland minor titles to his collection in 1953.
Devaney made his debut on the Tipperary senior hurling team in the 1954-55 National Hurling League. Tipp defeated Wexford in the league final giving Devaney his first major success at senior level. Two years later in 1957 he added a second National League medal to his collection; however, championship success still eluded him. 1958 saw Tipperary claim the Munster title; however, Devaney missed the provincial final. In spite of this he later collected his first senior All-Ireland medal after scoring a goal in the final against Galway. In 1959 Devaney began the year by winning another National League title; however, Tipp made an early exit from the 1959 championship. The team began 1960 by winning another National League before later annexing another Munster title. Devaney later lined out in his second All-Ireland final where Wexford provided the opposition; however, it was the Wexford men who emerged victorious on that occasion. The game ended in a farce as the crowd invaded the pitch thinking that the game was over. As a result, Tipp finished the game with only twelve men on the field. In 1961 Devaney captured his fifth National League medal. He later added a third Munster title as Tipp trounced Cork in the provincial final giving Devaney a third Munster championship victory. A Dublin team made up entirely of Dublin natives for the first time ever provided the opposition in the subsequent All-Ireland final. The game was a close affair; however, Tipp emerged as the winners by a single point giving Devaney a second All-Ireland title. In 1962 he won a fourth Munster championship medal as Waterford fell heavily in the final. Once again Tipp faced Wexford in the All-Ireland final. Things looked good for the Munster champions as they scored two goals inside the first minute; however, Wexford came storming back. Tipp, however, went on to win the game by two points giving Devaney a third All-Ireland medal. Three-in-a-row proved beyond even this great team as Tipp were beaten in the 1963 Munster final by Waterford.
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