Richard Kissane Explained

Code:Hurling
Sport:Hurling
Richard Kissane
Irish:Risteard Ó Cíosáin
Occupation:General labourer
County:Kerry
Province:Munster
Club:Ballyduff
Clcounty:1
Counties:Kerry
Icprovince:1
Icallireland:1
Icupdate:22:35, 22 January 2013
Birth Date:1868
Birth Place:Ballyduff, County Kerry, Ireland

Richard Kissane (1868-?) was an Irish hurler who played for the Kerry senior team.

Kissane was a regular member of the starting twenty-one during Kerry's most successful hurling period shortly after the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association and the start of the inter-county championship. During his career he won one All-Ireland medal and one Munster medal.[1] [2]

At club level Kissane was a one-time county club championship medalist with Ballyduff.

Notes and References

  1. News: Kerry GAA profile. Hogan Stand website. 22 January 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100623043830/http://www.hoganstand.com/Kerry/Profile.aspx. 23 June 2010.
  2. News: Senior Hurling. Munster GAA website. 22 January 2013.