John Mulcahy (23 November 1918 – 26 April 1962) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with Éire Óg and was a two-time All-Ireland Championship winner with the Kilkenny senior hurling team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Seán Ó Maolcatha | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Full-forward | ||
| Born |
23 November 1918 Ballybought St, Kilkenny, Ireland | ||
| Died |
26 April 1962 (aged 43) John's Green, Kilkenny, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Occupation | Caretaker | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Éire Óg | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Kilkenny titles | 4 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1938-1950 | Kilkenny | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 7 | ||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
Playing career edit
After coming to hurling prominence as a student at CBS Kilkenny, Mulcahy won back-to-back All-Ireland Minor Championships with Kilkenny in 1935 and 1936. He was promoted to the Kilkenny junior side in 1938 and in the following year he won his first senior All-Ireland medal when Kilkenny beat Cork in the "thunder and lightning" final.[1][2] From 1939 onward Mulcahy was a regular on the senior team and struck up a forward partnership with Seánie O'Brien and Jim Langton. After losing back-to-back finals in 1945 and 1946, he claimed a second senior All-Ireland winners' medal after a defeat of Cork in one of the greatest finals of all in 1947.[3] Mulcahy played in his fifth All-Ireland final in 1950, lining out at full-forward against Tipperary, but Kilkenny were beaten by a point. He retired from inter-county hurling shortly after this, by which time he had also claimed seven Leinster Championships.
Mulcahy was the holder of four county senior championship medals with Éire Óg and had the distinction of winning county medals in four grades - minor, junior intermediate and senior - in the space of five years. As a referee, Mulcahy took charge of numerous games at club and inter-county level.
Later life and death edit
Mulcahy worked for some years in the Kilkenny Boot Factory before finding employment as a caretaker at the Kilkenny County Council offices. He died aged 43 on 26 April 1962 after suffering from colon cancer and was survived by his wife and three sons.[citation needed]
Honours edit
- Éire Óg
- Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship (4): 1939, 1944, 1945, 1947
- Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship (1): 1937
- Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1936
- Kilkenny Minor Hurling Championship (3): 1934, 1935, 1936
- Kilkenny
References edit
- ^ Fahey, Denis (2 September 2014). "Thunder, lightning, hurling, war and an Emergency". Irish Times. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ McEvoy, Enda (3 September 2014). "75 years ago thunder rolled at Croke Park on eve of world war". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ Moran, Seán (13 May 1996). "Cork's famous five". Irish Times. Retrieved 13 May 2020.