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Replying To ElGranSenor: "Here's one for ye....
So on Saturday, towards the end of the second half, we had Cillian Byrne, Cian Byrne, and Darragh Carley all on the pitch
It's certainly not the first time we've had a set of brothers on the pitch (Are Diarmuid O'Leary and Eoin O'Leary brothers too?) but can't have been that many times before where we had a set of brothers playing with their cousin at the same time?
And is Colin Carley a brother of Darragh Carley?
Speaking of brothers, was just thinking about it but think four of the Quigleys started in the 1970 AI Final, that must be some sort of record" Colin is a cousin of Daraghs and Cian and Cillians.
Eoin and Diarmuid are brothers afaik. Jack and Rory and Joe were all on the same Senior team before.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18896 - 23/03/2026 22:14:24
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Replying To ElGranSenor: "Here's one for ye....
So on Saturday, towards the end of the second half, we had Cillian Byrne, Cian Byrne, and Darragh Carley all on the pitch
It's certainly not the first time we've had a set of brothers on the pitch (Are Diarmuid O'Leary and Eoin O'Leary brothers too?) but can't have been that many times before where we had a set of brothers playing with their cousin at the same time?
And is Colin Carley a brother of Darragh Carley?
Speaking of brothers, was just thinking about it but think four of the Quigleys started in the 1970 AI Final, that must be some sort of record" I don't think those O'Learys are related. Colin is a brother of Darragh I think. Believe it or not 4 rackard brothers played for Wexford as well. The lesser known in the goal.
Rory and Michael Jacob, Liam and Tomas Dunne, John and George o Connor, Jack and Rory with their cousin Joe on the pitch. Tony and Colm doran., Paul and Robbie Codd, oisin and paudie Foley.
Surely one of fitzys brothers played with the county at the same time as him too?
We've certainly had quite a few brothers over the years.
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Replying To Viking66: "Colin is a cousin of Daraghs and Cian and Cillians.
Eoin and Diarmuid are brothers afaik. Jack and Rory and Joe were all on the same Senior team before." Colin and Daragh are brothers.
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Replying To Viking66: "Colin is a cousin of Daraghs and Cian and Cillians.
Eoin and Diarmuid are brothers afaik. Jack and Rory and Joe were all on the same Senior team before." Who's Darragh's father and who's Colin's father?
Thought I read something in the paper by Alan Aherne about the time three of the Carleys all started together for the Wexford footballers back in 2002
ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1005 - 24/03/2026 11:39:08
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Replying To Doylerwex: "I don't think those O'Learys are related. Colin is a brother of Darragh I think. Believe it or not 4 rackard brothers played for Wexford as well. The lesser known in the goal.
Rory and Michael Jacob, Liam and Tomas Dunne, John and George o Connor, Jack and Rory with their cousin Joe on the pitch. Tony and Colm doran., Paul and Robbie Codd, oisin and paudie Foley.
Surely one of fitzys brothers played with the county at the same time as him too?
We've certainly had quite a few brothers over the years." Were there two Rowsome brothers who hurled for Wexford in the 1970s and 1980s?
Also had John and Pat Nolan from Glenbrien, think both started in 1960, John was the only man to ever hold Jimmy Doyle scoreless in Championship hurling and he did so on debut in an AI Final
ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1005 - 24/03/2026 11:41:49
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Replying To Doylerwex: "I don't think those O'Learys are related. Colin is a brother of Darragh I think. Believe it or not 4 rackard brothers played for Wexford as well. The lesser known in the goal.
Rory and Michael Jacob, Liam and Tomas Dunne, John and George o Connor, Jack and Rory with their cousin Joe on the pitch. Tony and Colm doran., Paul and Robbie Codd, oisin and paudie Foley.
Surely one of fitzys brothers played with the county at the same time as him too?
We've certainly had quite a few brothers over the years." I'm nearly certain Seamus Fitzhenry was a dual player at one stage, though it pre-dated Damien
Anyway, a fifteen of Wexford brothers wouldn't be too bad, and I would imagine would compare as well as any other county. And that's not even including any of the modern day brother pairings (Reck's, O'Connor's, Byrne's, Foley's, Jacob's), which in itself seems above average.
Pat Nolan
Bobby Rackard
Dan Quigley
John O'Connor
Colm Doran
Billy Rackard
John Nolan
George O'Connor
Mick Jacob Sr.
Christy Jacob
Nicky Rackard
Pat Quigley
John Quigley
Tony Doran
Martin Quigley
Eleven of those listed above won at least one All-Ireland, there are two hurlers of the year in there too (Dan in 1968, Tony in 1976). Some amount of All-Stars in there (without considering what awards the Rackards could have won if they existed during their peak).
beano (Wexford) - Posts: 1529 - 24/03/2026 14:05:00
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Replying To ElGranSenor: "Who's Darragh's father and who's Colin's father?
Thought I read something in the paper by Alan Aherne about the time three of the Carleys all started together for the Wexford footballers back in 2002" Darragh is Shane's son, Colin is Paul's son. There might be another cousin playing minor for Wexford in 2 or 3 years if he keeps working hard, practicing and developing.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18896 - 24/03/2026 14:22:35
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Replying To Paull: "Colin and Daragh are brothers." Ah ok. Thought Colin was Paul's son, my mistake.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18896 - 24/03/2026 14:23:23
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Replying To ElGranSenor: "Were there two Rowsome brothers who hurled for Wexford in the 1970s and 1980s?
Also had John and Pat Nolan from Glenbrien, think both started in 1960, John was the only man to ever hold Jimmy Doyle scoreless in Championship hurling and he did so on debut in an AI Final" Jim Morrisseys brother Ted made a few appearances for Wexford in the early 50s, and another brother Aidan played Football for Wexford. Don't think he hurled for the county though. Not sure if any of the other brothers played intercounty.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18896 - 24/03/2026 14:31:59
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Replying To Doylerwex: "I don't think those O'Learys are related. Colin is a brother of Darragh I think. Believe it or not 4 rackard brothers played for Wexford as well. The lesser known in the goal.
Rory and Michael Jacob, Liam and Tomas Dunne, John and George o Connor, Jack and Rory with their cousin Joe on the pitch. Tony and Colm doran., Paul and Robbie Codd, oisin and paudie Foley.
Surely one of fitzys brothers played with the county at the same time as him too?
We've certainly had quite a few brothers over the years." Seamus and Martin Fitzhenry were the other brothers who hurled for Wexford, and they played together on the same team back in the 1980s all right.
But Damien never hurled with a brother himself. He's the youngest of a family of 15, and those other two are quite a bit older than him.
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Replying To ElGranSenor: "Were there two Rowsome brothers who hurled for Wexford in the 1970s and 1980s?
Also had John and Pat Nolan from Glenbrien, think both started in 1960, John was the only man to ever hold Jimmy Doyle scoreless in Championship hurling and he did so on debut in an AI Final" That's an absolutely amazing piece of trivia.
Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 4347 - 24/03/2026 14:47:50
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Replying To beano: "I'm nearly certain Seamus Fitzhenry was a dual player at one stage, though it pre-dated Damien
Anyway, a fifteen of Wexford brothers wouldn't be too bad, and I would imagine would compare as well as any other county. And that's not even including any of the modern day brother pairings (Reck's, O'Connor's, Byrne's, Foley's, Jacob's), which in itself seems above average.
Pat Nolan
Bobby Rackard
Dan Quigley
John O'Connor
Colm Doran
Billy Rackard
John Nolan
George O'Connor
Mick Jacob Sr.
Christy Jacob
Nicky Rackard
Pat Quigley
John Quigley
Tony Doran
Martin Quigley
Eleven of those listed above won at least one All-Ireland, there are two hurlers of the year in there too (Dan in 1968, Tony in 1976). Some amount of All-Stars in there (without considering what awards the Rackards could have won if they existed during their peak)." I actually thought of Christy Jacob after I posted. Can't believe I forgot the recks and the guineys.
A team of fathers and sons wouldn't be too bad either:)
Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 4347 - 24/03/2026 14:49:52
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I don't think Damien Fitzhenry played with any of his brothers on the hurling team. Seamus and Martin played together for both the footballers and hurlers in the mid-1980's. Seamus, John, Martin, Noel, Paddy and Fran (maybe Ger too?) all played for the footballers, while Tina played for the camogie team.
Other brothers off the top of my head include Niall, John and Diarmuid McDonald, Mick and Henry (and Pierie?) Butler, Sean and Colin Whelan, Pat and Martin Henrick.
The amount of dual players back in the day. Wexford GAA posted a photo from the 80's- a Wexford football team that beat Clare to clinch promotion to Div 2 of the NFL. Billy Rowsome, George O'Connor, Seamie Fitz, and Billy Byrne all started. You also had Martin Quigley, Paudge Courtney, Martin Fitz, both Hanricks, (Lukie Finn?) John Meyler, John McDonald, Darragh Ryan, Seamus Hughes, Red Barry, Dee O Keeffe, Matt O'Hanlon, Liam Og McGovern.....
I think Lee Chin is the only player still playing for Wexford in either code who played both at senior inter county. Like all the other recent ones, he had to choose fairly early on which code to plump for.
Red Barry turned out for the Wexford hurlers against Kilkenny on the same afternoon that he helped the footballers beat Tyrone in the NFL semi-final. They got walloped by 30 points, it was the first competitive fixture agains the Cats after the Mick Jacob goal/Cody collapse, but Red, who came on at half time, was not to blame.
wendellgee (Wexford) - Posts: 31 - 24/03/2026 15:24:13
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Replying To beano: "I'm nearly certain Seamus Fitzhenry was a dual player at one stage, though it pre-dated Damien
Anyway, a fifteen of Wexford brothers wouldn't be too bad, and I would imagine would compare as well as any other county. And that's not even including any of the modern day brother pairings (Reck's, O'Connor's, Byrne's, Foley's, Jacob's), which in itself seems above average.
Pat Nolan
Bobby Rackard
Dan Quigley
John O'Connor
Colm Doran
Billy Rackard
John Nolan
George O'Connor
Mick Jacob Sr.
Christy Jacob
Nicky Rackard
Pat Quigley
John Quigley
Tony Doran
Martin Quigley
Eleven of those listed above won at least one All-Ireland, there are two hurlers of the year in there too (Dan in 1968, Tony in 1976). Some amount of All-Stars in there (without considering what awards the Rackards could have won if they existed during their peak)." Some will say it's genetics but I think it shows the importance of culture behind success
Similar arguments can be made for the father-son combos to have played for Wexford (The Floods the only grandfather-father-son combo?)
I would guess that some inter-county hurlers (and footballers) are so immersed in the game that their children are the exact same so they end up practising at home the whole time, might even follow their father into club training when they're not training themselves
And with brothers, if one's hurling at home, the other could be out there playing with him at the same time, both of them pushing each other
You see it with the footballers too with the likes of the Hughes brothers and then the two Malones
I don't think stuff like this is a coincidence, it just goes to show how important culture is in driving success
ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1005 - 24/03/2026 16:36:02
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Replying To ElGranSenor: "Some will say it's genetics but I think it shows the importance of culture behind success
Similar arguments can be made for the father-son combos to have played for Wexford (The Floods the only grandfather-father-son combo?)
I would guess that some inter-county hurlers (and footballers) are so immersed in the game that their children are the exact same so they end up practising at home the whole time, might even follow their father into club training when they're not training themselves
And with brothers, if one's hurling at home, the other could be out there playing with him at the same time, both of them pushing each other
You see it with the footballers too with the likes of the Hughes brothers and then the two Malones
I don't think stuff like this is a coincidence, it just goes to show how important culture is in driving success" Culture is massively important.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18896 - 24/03/2026 16:55:28
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Replying To ElGranSenor: "Some will say it's genetics but I think it shows the importance of culture behind success
Similar arguments can be made for the father-son combos to have played for Wexford (The Floods the only grandfather-father-son combo?)
I would guess that some inter-county hurlers (and footballers) are so immersed in the game that their children are the exact same so they end up practising at home the whole time, might even follow their father into club training when they're not training themselves
And with brothers, if one's hurling at home, the other could be out there playing with him at the same time, both of them pushing each other
You see it with the footballers too with the likes of the Hughes brothers and then the two Malones
I don't think stuff like this is a coincidence, it just goes to show how important culture is in driving success" Culture is massively important.
Also Paul and Shane Carley both hurled for Wexford, but at different times. Willie Carley played intercounty football as far as I remember?
John, Bernard and Padraig O'Gorman all played at the same time for the Wexford Footballers back in the 90s. John is in the Football Hall of Fame.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18896 - 24/03/2026 17:07:28
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Replying To wendellgee: "I don't think Damien Fitzhenry played with any of his brothers on the hurling team. Seamus and Martin played together for both the footballers and hurlers in the mid-1980's. Seamus, John, Martin, Noel, Paddy and Fran (maybe Ger too?) all played for the footballers, while Tina played for the camogie team.
Other brothers off the top of my head include Niall, John and Diarmuid McDonald, Mick and Henry (and Pierie?) Butler, Sean and Colin Whelan, Pat and Martin Henrick.
The amount of dual players back in the day. Wexford GAA posted a photo from the 80's- a Wexford football team that beat Clare to clinch promotion to Div 2 of the NFL. Billy Rowsome, George O'Connor, Seamie Fitz, and Billy Byrne all started. You also had Martin Quigley, Paudge Courtney, Martin Fitz, both Hanricks, (Lukie Finn?) John Meyler, John McDonald, Darragh Ryan, Seamus Hughes, Red Barry, Dee O Keeffe, Matt O'Hanlon, Liam Og McGovern.....
I think Lee Chin is the only player still playing for Wexford in either code who played both at senior inter county. Like all the other recent ones, he had to choose fairly early on which code to plump for.
Red Barry turned out for the Wexford hurlers against Kilkenny on the same afternoon that he helped the footballers beat Tyrone in the NFL semi-final. They got walloped by 30 points, it was the first competitive fixture agains the Cats after the Mick Jacob goal/Cody collapse, but Red, who came on at half time, was not to blame." Simon Donohoe played a few games for the footballers about ten years ago. But off the top of my head, can't think of any others.
Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3423 - 24/03/2026 17:12:11
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Replying To ElGranSenor: "Some will say it's genetics but I think it shows the importance of culture behind success
Similar arguments can be made for the father-son combos to have played for Wexford (The Floods the only grandfather-father-son combo?)
I would guess that some inter-county hurlers (and footballers) are so immersed in the game that their children are the exact same so they end up practising at home the whole time, might even follow their father into club training when they're not training themselves
And with brothers, if one's hurling at home, the other could be out there playing with him at the same time, both of them pushing each other
You see it with the footballers too with the likes of the Hughes brothers and then the two Malones
I don't think stuff like this is a coincidence, it just goes to show how important culture is in driving success" Hugh Byrne-Jim Byrne-Cian and Cillian Byrne are another three generations who played for Wexford. Hugh played football for Wexford and hurlnig for Kildare (I sat beside him at a Wexford/Kildare U20 match a few years ago) Jim was a dual player, part of the panel in 1996.
Willie Carley-Paul, Shane and PJ and now Darragh are three generations too. Willie was also the Byrne's maternal grandfather.
Tim Flood-Sean Flood and Conall Flood another trio
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Replying To Doylerwex: "That's an absolutely amazing piece of trivia." Yeah, it's almost impossible to believe but it's true!
Pity what happened to John Nolan, think he broke his leg in a car accident before either the 1962 or 1965 AI Final and that was pretty much the end of his career
ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1005 - 24/03/2026 19:04:54
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Replying To wendellgee: "I don't think Damien Fitzhenry played with any of his brothers on the hurling team. Seamus and Martin played together for both the footballers and hurlers in the mid-1980's. Seamus, John, Martin, Noel, Paddy and Fran (maybe Ger too?) all played for the footballers, while Tina played for the camogie team.
Other brothers off the top of my head include Niall, John and Diarmuid McDonald, Mick and Henry (and Pierie?) Butler, Sean and Colin Whelan, Pat and Martin Henrick.
The amount of dual players back in the day. Wexford GAA posted a photo from the 80's- a Wexford football team that beat Clare to clinch promotion to Div 2 of the NFL. Billy Rowsome, George O'Connor, Seamie Fitz, and Billy Byrne all started. You also had Martin Quigley, Paudge Courtney, Martin Fitz, both Hanricks, (Lukie Finn?) John Meyler, John McDonald, Darragh Ryan, Seamus Hughes, Red Barry, Dee O Keeffe, Matt O'Hanlon, Liam Og McGovern.....
I think Lee Chin is the only player still playing for Wexford in either code who played both at senior inter county. Like all the other recent ones, he had to choose fairly early on which code to plump for.
Red Barry turned out for the Wexford hurlers against Kilkenny on the same afternoon that he helped the footballers beat Tyrone in the NFL semi-final. They got walloped by 30 points, it was the first competitive fixture agains the Cats after the Mick Jacob goal/Cody collapse, but Red, who came on at half time, was not to blame." I think Simon Donohoe played football for Wexford at some stage too? Philip Dempsey also
I was at both those 2005 games, don't think we ever really have our footballers enough credit for getting to a National final like that, it's a rare enough occurrence
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