Ken O'Shea explained

Code:Hurling
Sport:Hurling
Ken O'Shea
Feet:5
Inches:10
Occupation:Software engineer
County:Kilkenny
Province:Leinster
Club:Dunnamaggin
Kilmoganny
Clcountyh:1
Clcountyf:1
Counties:Kilkenny
Icposition:Right corner-forward
Icyears:1996-2000
Icapps(Points):10 (6-02)
Icprovince:2
Icallireland:0
Nhl:0
Allstars:0
Birth Date:23 March 1976
Birth Place:Dunnamaggin, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Kenneth Patrick O'Shea (born 23 March 1976) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Dunnamaggin and was also a member of the Kilkenny senior hurling team. He usually lined out in the forwards.[1]

Career

O'Shea first came to prominence at juvenile and underage levels with the Dunnamaggin club before quickly joining the club's top adult team. After consecutive junior and intermediate successes, he went on to win a County Senior Championship title in 1997.[2] O'Shea first appeared on the inter-county scene with the Kilkenny minor team that won the Leinster Minor Championship in 1994. He enjoyed an unsuccessful tenure with the Kilkenny under-21 team and was on the Kilkenny junior team that lost the 1996 All-Ireland final to Galway. O'Shea was drafted onto the Kilkenny senior hurling team in 1996 and was at right corner-forward when the team lost consecutive All-Ireland finals to Offaly in 1998 and Cork in 1999.[3] [4]

Honours

Dunnamaggin

1997

1995, 2000

1994

Kilkenny

1998, 1999

1996 (c)

1994

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kilkenny's Ken O'Shea. Hogan Stand. 22 May 1998. 4 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Dunnamaggin are superb. Irish Times. 13 October 1997. 7 October 2018.
  3. Web site: Offaly silence the `back door' knockers. Irish Independent. 14 September 1998. 1 August 2021. Eugene. McGee.
  4. Web site: Championship Flashback: All-Ireland SHC final, September 1999. Irish Independent. 4 August 2008. 4 August 2021.