Code: | Hurling |
Billy O'Neill | |
Irish: | Liam Ó Néill |
Birth Place: | Carrigtwohill, County Cork, Ireland |
Birth Date: | 1929 |
Death Place: | 2 January 2015[1] |
Feet: | 5 |
Inches: | 10 |
Occupation: | Army officer |
County: | Galway |
Province: | Connacht |
Clubs: | Carrigtwohill An Chéad Cath |
Clcountyh: | 0 |
Clcountyf: | 0 |
Counties: | Cork Galway |
Icpositionh: | Full-back |
Icpositionf: | Left wing-forward |
Icyears: | 1951 1952-1958 |
Icprovincef: | 3 |
Icprovinceh: | 0 |
Icallirelandh: | 0 |
Icallirelandf: | 1 |
Nhl: | 0 |
Nfl: | 1 |
Icupdate: | 12:01, 13 August 2012 |
William O'Neill (1929 – 2 January 2015[2]) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler who played in various positions for both the Cork and Galway senior teams.[3]
A dual player at the highest level, he joined the Cork panel in 1951 but later lined out with Galway until his retirement in 1958. He won one All-Ireland football medal, three Connacht football medals and one National Football League medal.[4]
At club level O'Neill played with Carrigtwohill in Cork and an Chéad Cath in Galway.