Jack Power (hurler) explained

Code:Hurling
Sport:Hurling
Jack Power
Irish:Seán de Paor
Occupation:Agricultural labourer
County:Tipperary
Province:Munster
Club:Boherlahan–Dualla
Counties:Tipperary
Icyears:1916-1925
Icprovince:4
Icallireland:2
Icupdate:15:20, 28 April 2012
Birth Date:1891
Birth Place:Nodstown, County Tipperary, Ireland
Death Date:1977
Death Place:New York, United States

Jack Power (1891 — 1977) was an Irish hurler who played as a left wing-back for the Tipperary senior team.

Power made his first appearance for the team during the 1916 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1925 championship. During that time he won two All-Ireland medals and four Munster medals.[1] [2]

At club level Power was a multiple county championship medalist with Boherlahan–Dualla.

His brother Paddy was also an All-Ireland medalist with Tipperary.

He emigrated to the United States later in life. He died in New York in 1977.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Tipperary GAA profile. Hogan Stand website. 28 April 2012. 21 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821024353/http://www.hoganstand.com/Tipperary/Profile.aspx. dead.
  2. News: Senior Hurling. Munster GAA website. 28 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20190328073637/http://munster.gaa.ie/history/sh_teams/. 28 March 2019. dead.
  3. News: 10 December 1977 . English . The Tipperary Star. irishnewsarchive.com . Death of Noted Boherlahan Gael — His many friends will learn with regret of the death of Mr Jack Power, who died recently in New York..