Meath's Nicky Horan NAME: Nicky Horan DATE OF BIRTH: 12-2-78 HEIGHT: 6' 3" WEIGHT: 13st 7lbs CLUB: Kilmessan COUNTY: Meath NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): Young (95) and Senior (96) Hurler of the Year in Meath/Minor League; 2 B Championship medals with Meath; Centrefield on Meath Minor football team in 1996 INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: 1994 in the National Hurling League TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Johnny Dooley FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Croke Park HOBBIES: Going out, fishing FAVOURITE POSITION: Centre forward FAVOURITE PLAYERS: John Troy, Adrian Fenlon, Larry O'Gorman INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My father and club Kilmessan THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Senior Hurler of the Year in Meath BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing first county final in 1994 OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Rory McCarthy WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: More hurling and football in weaker counties DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: Mother, father, brothers, uncles PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Crocodile Dundee FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'What's the craic/Now ya know what I'm saying' PET HATES: Cats, hamsters FAVOURITE MUSIC: Bob Marley FAVOURITE FILM: Michael Collins IDEAL DATE: Spice Girls HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? As someone who brought hurling in Meath to the highest level possible. To win an All-Ireland maybe! Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 16th May 1997 Vol 7 No 20 Tweet

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