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Des Dillon (other)
Des Dillon may refer to: * Des Dillon (hurler) (1926–1964), Irish hurler and handballer * Des Dillon (rugby union) (born 1980), Irish rugby union footballer * Des Dillon (writer) (born 1960), Scottish writer {{hndis, Dillon, Des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Des Dillon (hurler)
Desmond Dillon (1926 – 24 November 1964) was an Irish hurler and handballer who played as a centre-forward for the Offaly, Dublin and Clare senior teams. Born in Lisdoonvarna, County Clare, Dillon first played competitive hurling during his schooling at the Cistercian College, Roscrea. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty when he first linked up with the Offaly senior team, before later lining out with the Dublin and Clare sides. He made his senior debut in the 1946 championship. Dillon went on to enjoy a sporadic career over the next decade, and won one Oireachtas medal. He was an All-Ireland runner-up as a non-playing substitute on one occasion. Dillon represented the Combined Universities, Munster and Leinster inter-provincial teams at various times, winning one Railway Cup medal in 1955. At club level he won two championship medals with Birr before later winning a third championship medal with University College Dublin. With University Colleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Des Dillon (rugby Union)
Des Dillon (born 25 January 1980) is an Irish rugby union footballer. Dillon emerged as a schoolboy talent at Clongowes Wood College. He was captain of the Clongowes Wood College Senior Cup Team that won the Leinster Schools Cup in 1998. He played backrow and second-row for Leinster Rugby until he retired in 2007. He continued to play at amateur level for Blackrock College RFC in the AIL ( All Ireland League), becoming the club's captain. He played 67 times in total for Leinster Rugby Leinster Rugby () is one of the four professional provincial club rugby union teams from the island of Ireland. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup. The team represents the Leinster Branch, one of t ..., scoring 4 tries. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dillon, Des 1980 births Living people Irish rugby union players Leinster Rugby players Ospreys (rugby union) players People educated at Clongowes Wood College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |