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Christy Forde
Christopher "Christy" Forde (21 December 1903 – 20 November 1959) was an Irish people, Irish hurling, hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Dublin GAA, Dublin and Tipperary GAA, Tipperary senior teams. Forde made his first appearance for the Dublin team during the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1933, 1933 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1940, 1940 championship. During that time he won one All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland medal, two Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, Leinster medals and one National Hurling League medal. At club level Forde began his career with Lorrha–Dorrha GAA, Lorrha–Dorrha before later playing club hurling in Dublin. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Forde, Christy 1903 births 1959 deaths Lorrha-Dorrha hurlers Tipperary inter-county hurlers Dublin inter-county hurlers Hurling goalkeepers All-Ireland Senior Hurling Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorrha–Dorrha GAA
Lorrha–Dorrha GAA is a Tipperary GAA club which is located in County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Both hurling and Gaelic football are played in the "North Tipperary" divisional competitions. The club is centred on the Ecclesiastical parish, parish of "Lorrha & Dorrha". The club is most famous for GAA Hurling Team of the Millennium, Hurling Team of the Millennium goalkeeper Tony Reddin, who played with the club from 1947 to 1957. Ken Hogan, who is a former manager and goalkeeper of Tipperary GAA, also played with Lorrha as did the heroes of the 1971 All-Ireland Championship team, Liam King and Noel Lane. In more recent times, John Madden (hurler), John Madden was the club's representative on the team which won All-Ireland honours in 1989 and 1991. Also notable is Patrick Maher (hurler), Patrick 'Bonner' Maher (2009–present) who is the only Lorrha player to win both All-Ireland and Munster Medals at Senior, Under-21 and Minor with Tipperary. Honours * Tipperary P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |