Kilkenny All-Ireland winner John 'Jack' Kinsella passes away
January 03, 2024
Kilkenny, All-Ireland champions 1972. Cork were beaten in one of the great hurling finals. Only 14 men, as Fan Larkin was having his ankle bandaged in the dressing room.. Front l-r: Pat Lalor, Jim Treacy, Liam O'Brien, Noel Skehan, Pat Delaney, John Kinsella, Eamon Morrissey. Back l-r: Ned Byrne, Mick Crotty, Pa Dillon, Pat Henderson, Eddie Keher, Frank Cummins, Kieran Purcell.
Kilkenny GAA is mourning the passing of two-time All-Ireland SHC winner John ‘Jack’ Kinsella.
The Bennettsbridge man played senior hurling for the Cats between 1967 and ’73, lifting the Liam MacCarthy Cup in ’67 and ’72. He also won two Leinster SHC titles and three county SHC titles with his club.
Kinsella was also a talented musician who was a member of The Capri Showband with John Travers and Jimmy Larkin in the 1960s. He later worked as a radio presenter for KCR, Radio Kilkenny and KCLR, and was also involved with Cairdeas, the Kilkenny Parkinson’s Choir.
Paying tribute to John, Kilkenny GAA said: “Kilkenny GAA would like to extend its sympathies to John’s wife Sheila, children Jackie, Gerri, Owena and Daniel, sister Moira, grandchildren and extended family.
“Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.”
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