Timmy Fitzpatrick was an inter-county

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player with

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and Kilcotton. He was Laois's first choice goalkeeper in the 1940s and he gave some heroic displays. In the 1949

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final against Tipperary, Fitzpatrick was lauded as a Laois hero - despite the scoreline. The following year, he made his sole appearance on the Leinster team. He played in three

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finals with his club but never tasted victory. In 1999, Timmy Fitzpatrick was named on the Laois Hurling Team of the Millennium.

References

* Laois GAA Yearbook, 1999 Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Laois inter-county hurlers Kilcotton hurlers {{Laois-hurling-bio-stub