Tony Lanigan (hurler) explained

Code:Hurling
Sport:Hurling
Tony Lanigan
Irish:Antaine Ó Lonagáin
County:Tipperary
Province:Munster
Club:Holycross–Ballycahill
Clcounty:1
Counties:Tipperary
Icposition:Left corner-forward
Icyears:1990-1991
Icapps(Points):0 (0-00)
Icprovince:1
Icallireland:1
Nhl:0
Allstars:0
Birth Date:1968
Birth Place:Holycross,
County Tipperary, Ireland

Tony Lanigan (born 1968[1]) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Holycross–Ballycahill and was also a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team.

Career

Lanigan first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Holycross–Ballycahill club. He won a divisional title in the minor grade in 1984, the same year he won a special county title as a schoolboy with Thurles Vocational School. Lanigan eventually progressed onto the club's senior team and won a Tipperary SHC title in 1990 after beating Cashel King Cormacs in the final.[2] He also won four Mid Tipperary SHC titles between 1985 and 1999.

At inter-county level, had a two-year tenure with the Tipperary minor hurling team, however, Cork was the dominant team in the championship at the time.[3] He immediately progressed onto the under-21 team and was at left corner-forward when the team that beat Offaly in the 1989 All-Ireland under-21 final.[4] Lanigan's performances in the under-21 grade earned a call-up to the senior team's extended training panel during their 1989 All-Ireland SHC-winning campaign.

Honours

Holycross–Ballycahill

1990

1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1997, 1999

Tipperary

1991, 1988

1991

1989

1989

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Holycross-Ballycahill pen-pictures. Tipperary Studies. 12 March 2022.
  2. Web site: Gloves are off in Ballycahill!. Irish Independent. 18 May 2013. 12 March 2022.
  3. Web site: Minor Hurling. Munster GAA website. 29 May 2009. 12 March 2022.
  4. Web site: Senior Hurling. Munster GAA website. 29 May 2009. 12 March 2022.