Code: | Hurling |
Sport: | Hurling |
Bill Kerwick | |
Irish: | Liam Ó Ciarmhaic |
Occupation: | Farm labourer |
County: | Tipperary |
Province: | Munster |
Club: | Ballytarsna |
Clcounty: | 1 |
Counties: | Tipperary |
Icyears: | 1895 |
Icapps(Points): | 2 |
Icprovince: | 1 |
Icallireland: | 1 |
Icupdate: | 16:50, 10 October 2018 |
Birth Place: | Ballytarsna, County Tipperary, Ireland |
Birth Date: | William Kerwick 1867 4, df=yes |
Death Place: | Ballytarsna, County Tipperary, Ireland |
William Kerwick (30 April 1867 – 27 March 1936) was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Ballytarsna and was a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team in 1895.[1]
Raised In Ballytarsna, County Tipperary, Kerwick was born to Patrick Kerick, a farm labourer, and his wife Catherine. After a brief education he later worked as a farm labourer.
Kerwick first came to prominence as a hurler with the Ballytarsna club with whom he won a Tipperary Championship medal in 1901.
After impressing at club level, Kerwick joined the Tipperary senior hurling team for just one season during the 1895 championship. He won an All-Ireland Championship medal that year after a defeat of Kilkenny in the final. Kerwick also won a Munster Championship medal that year.
Kerwick died in Cashel on 27 March 1936.