Mick Holden (3 October 1954 – 26 September 2007) was a

Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...

er and hurler for

Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...

and

Cuala CLG Cuala GAA club (or ''Cuala GAC'', ) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Dalkey in the south of County Dublin, Ireland. It fields teams in Dublin GAA competitions. Cuala is primarily based in a sports and social centre in Dalkey, an ...

Playing career

Holden was on the 1983 All-Ireland winning Dublin side that defeated

Galway Galway ( ; , ) is a City status in Ireland, city in (and the county town of) County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay. It is the most populous settlement in the province of Connacht, the List of settleme ...

by a scoreline of 1–10 to 1–8. He also played with the Dublin hurlers and won the

Railway Cup The GAA Interprovincial Championship () or Railway Cup (''Corn an Iarnróid'') is the name of two annual Gaelic football and hurling competitions held between the provinces of Ireland. The Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster GAA teams are co ...

with

Leinster Leinster ( ; or ) is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the southeast of Ireland. The modern province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige, which existed during Gaelic Ireland. Following the 12th-century ...

in 1979. Six years later, he became one of the few players to win the Railway Cup in both codes, when he was a member of the victorious Leinster football panel.Hoganstand.com - GAA Football & Hurling
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Death

Holden died suddenly on the morning of 26 September 2007.

References

External links

Official Club Website

Official Dublin Website

Official GAA Website

Fans Tributes
1954 births 2007 deaths Cuala Gaelic footballers Cuala hurlers Dual players Dublin inter-county Gaelic footballers Dublin inter-county hurlers Gaelic football backs Sportspeople from Dún Laoghaire Winners of one All-Ireland medal (Gaelic football) 20th-century Irish sportsmen {{Dublin-hurling-bio-stub