James Devaney (10 October 1907 – 16 January 1987) was an
Irish hurler. His
league and
championship career with the
Tipperary senior team lasted two seasons from 1936 until 1937.
Devaney first came to prominence as a hurler with the
Borris–Ileigh club, with whom he won a county junior championship medal in 1933.
Devaney made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-three when he was selected for the Tipperary junior team. He had one championship season in this grade. He was added to the Tipperary senior panel during the
1936 championship and spent two seasons with the team. During that time Tipperary won the
All-Ireland and
Munster
Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...
titles.
His son,
Liam Devaney, was a five-time All-Ireland medal winner with Tipperary between 1958 and 1965.
Honours
;Borris–Ileigh
*Tipperary Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1933
References
1907 births
1987 deaths
Borris-Ileigh hurlers
Tipperary inter-county hurlers
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