Eamon Morrissey (hurler) explained

Code:Hurling
Sport:Hurling
Eamon Morrissey
Irish:Éamonn Ó Muireasa
Fullname:Eamon Morrissey
Birth Date:1966 3, df=y
Birth Place:Muckalee, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Feet:6
Inches:0
Occupation:Quantity surveyor
Nickname:Yommie
County:Kilkenny
Province:Leinster
Club:O'Loughlin Gaels
St Martin's
O'Toole's
Clposition:Forward
Clyears:1970 - 1983
1984 - 1995
1996 - 1998
Clcounty:1
Clprovince:1
Clallireland:1
Counties:Kilkenny
Dublin
Icposition:Right corner-forward
Icyears:1989 - 1995
1996 - 1998
Icapps(Points):19 (10-42)
4 (2-09)
Icprovince:3
Icallireland:2
Allstars:1
Nhl:2

Eamon Morrissey (born 22 March 1966) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with O'Loughlin Gaels, St Martin's and O'Toole's and was also a member of the Kilkenny and Dublin senior hurling teams. He usually lined out as a forward.[1]

Career

Morrissey first came to prominence at juvenile and underage levels with the St Martin's club while simultaneously lining out with the St Kieran's College team that lost the All-Ireland final in 1984. As a member of the St Martin's senior team he came on as a substitute for their All-Ireland Club Championship success in 1985.[2] Morrissey first appeared on the inter-county scene with the Kilkenny minor team that lost the All-Ireland final to Limerick in 1984, before losing the All-Ireland under-21 final to Tipperary the following year. He was drafted onto the Kilkenny senior hurling team in 1989. Morrissey would go on to line out in three consecutive All-Ireland finals at senior level and, after defeat by Tipperary in 1991, claimed consecutive winners' medals against Cork in 1992 and Galway in 1993.[3] [4] [5] He transferred to the O'Toole's club in Dublin in 1996 and won consecutive County Senior Championship titles before a three-year stint with the Dublin senior hurling team.[6] Morrissey's other honours include two National League titles, three Leinster Championship medals and a Railway Cup medals with Leinster.

Honours

Team

St Kieran's College

1984

St Martin's

1985

1985

1984

O'Toole's

1996, 1997

Kilkenny

1992, 1993

1991, 1992, 1993

1989-90, 1994-95

1985

1984

Leinster

1988, 1993

Individual

Awards

1990

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kilkenny's Eamonn Morrissey. Hogan Stand. 20 June 1991. 3 August 2021. Enda. McEvoy.
  2. Web site: All-Ireland Club Hurling. Irish Independent. 15 March 2011. 3 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Flashback: 1991 All Ireland SHC Final - Tipperary v Kilkenny. GAA website. 21 August 2020. 3 August 2021.
  4. Web site: Kilkenny v Cork Classics – 1992 SHC final. RTÉ Sport. 31 August 2006. 4 August 2014.
  5. Web site: Good days...and bad. Irish Independent. 8 September 2002. 1 August 2021.
  6. Web site: O'Grady has Morrissey in Dublin plans. Irish Independent. 6 January 1999. 1 August 2021. Paddy. Hickey.