Code: | Hurling |
Sport: | Hurling |
Christy Forde | |
Irish: | Criostóir Mac Giollarnáth |
Occupation: | Army officer |
County: | Dublin |
Province: | Leinster |
Club: | Lorrha–Dorrha |
Counties: | Dublin Tipperary |
Icposition: | Goalkeeper |
Icyears: | 1933-1940 1937 |
Icprovince: | 2 |
Icallireland: | 1 |
Nhl: | 1 |
Birth Place: | Lorrha, County Tipperary, Ireland |
Birth Date: | 1903 12, df=yes |
Death Place: | St. Kevin's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland |
Christopher "Christy" Forde (21 December 1903 – 20 November 1959) was an Irish hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Dublin and Tipperary senior teams.
Forde made his first appearance for the Dublin team during the 1933 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1940 championship. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal, two Leinster medals and one National Hurling League medal.[1] [2]
At club level Forde began his career with Lorrha–Dorrha before later playing club hurling in Dublin.