Code: | Hurling |
Sport: | Hurling |
P. J. Delaney | |
Irish: | P. S. Ó Dúláinne |
Occupation: | Accountant |
County: | Kilkenny |
Province: | Leinster |
Club: | Fenians |
Clcounty: | 0 |
Counties: | Kilkenny |
Icposition: | Full-forward |
Icyears: | 1993-1999 |
Icapps(Points): | ? (6-15) |
Icprovince: | 2 |
Icallireland: | 1 |
Nhl: | 1 |
Allstars: | 0 |
Icupdate: | 22:51, 5 September 2012 |
Birth Date: | 1973 |
Birth Place: | Johnstown, County Kilkenny, Ireland |
P. J. Delaney (born 1973) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a full-forward for the Kilkenny senior team. He joined the team during the 1993 championship and became a regular member of the starting fifteen.[1]
Delaney won one All-Ireland winners' medal, two Leinster winners' medals and one National League winners' medal. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions. Delaney's career came to an abrupt end following an attack after the 1999 championship.[2]
At club level Delaney played with Fenians.
Delaney is a member of an extended hurling-playing family. His father, Pat Delaney, won four All-Ireland medals, while his uncles, Billy Fitzpatrick and Shem Delaney, won six All-Ireland medals between them throughout the 1970s and 1980s. His first cousin, J. J. Delaney, was a member of the Kilkenny team and won six All-Ireland medals, while another cousin, also P. J. Delaney, joined the Kilkenny senior team in 2006.[3]