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We were talking about kilkenny Hurlers recently who never quite made it and tim and time again we came back to Shane Hennessy. KKid (Kilkenny) - Posts: 421 - 05/08/2013 11:33:49 1452986 Link
i started this thread all of ten years ago on my old account. there must be plenty of players to add to it the last seven years or so since it was last added to.#im trying to think of a few since. James Regan (Galway) heard he was one of the best underage players in galway growing up, had a few quiet years at senior level for Galway, Did injury get the better of him in the end? Sean Mcclelland (Dublin) i think that was his name, looked a class minor for Dublin back in 2012, Did he ever player senior after? Cormac Costello (Dublin) Leading player on the dublin minors, chose Football after. Richie Cummins (Galway) looked a very good scoring player Ciaran Kilkenny (Dublin) Powerhouse for Dublin in minor level, picked football too. Paul Flanagan (Clare) looked a very impressive back at u21but little or no senior appearances really Cathal O'Connell (Clare) v skillful looking corner forward Conor Allis (Limerick) v good midfielder, was he on the all ireland panel in 2018 Stephen Daniels(Waterford) another promising defender from de la salle thats all i can think of at moment since 2013 since last post. preddan (Kildare) - Posts: 796 - 01/12/2020 23:31:40 2317520 Link
I remember when Derek McGrath got rid of Jamie Nagle & Richie Foley. Both were excellent prospects for Waterford at the time. keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 02/12/2020 18:38:03 2317762 Link
Replying To preddan: "i started this thread all of ten years ago on my old account. there must be plenty of players to add to it the last seven years or so since it was last added to.#im trying to think of a few since. James Regan (Galway) heard he was one of the best underage players in galway growing up, had a few quiet years at senior level for Galway, Did injury get the better of him in the end? Sean Mcclelland (Dublin) i think that was his name, looked a class minor for Dublin back in 2012, Did he ever player senior after? Cormac Costello (Dublin) Leading player on the dublin minors, chose Football after. Richie Cummins (Galway) looked a very good scoring player Ciaran Kilkenny (Dublin) Powerhouse for Dublin in minor level, picked football too. Paul Flanagan (Clare) looked a very impressive back at u21but little or no senior appearances really Cathal O'Connell (Clare) v skillful looking corner forward Conor Allis (Limerick) v good midfielder, was he on the all ireland panel in 2018 Stephen Daniels(Waterford) another promising defender from de la salle thats all i can think of at moment since 2013 since last post." Allis finished with Limerick circa 2015. He was supposed to be the next big thing. Kevin Downes also showed promise early on but regressed and is now no longer on the panel. Ronan Lynch is also not on the Limerick panel. He was a serious talent johnocarroll17 (Limerick) - Posts: 408 - 02/12/2020 19:10:54 2317774 Link
Seanie Johnston.Very good football career but very short hurling career. CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 3870 - 02/12/2020 19:44:27 2317788 Link
Replying To preddan: "i started this thread all of ten years ago on my old account. there must be plenty of players to add to it the last seven years or so since it was last added to.#im trying to think of a few since. James Regan (Galway) heard he was one of the best underage players in galway growing up, had a few quiet years at senior level for Galway, Did injury get the better of him in the end? Sean Mcclelland (Dublin) i think that was his name, looked a class minor for Dublin back in 2012, Did he ever player senior after? Cormac Costello (Dublin) Leading player on the dublin minors, chose Football after. Richie Cummins (Galway) looked a very good scoring player Ciaran Kilkenny (Dublin) Powerhouse for Dublin in minor level, picked football too. Paul Flanagan (Clare) looked a very impressive back at u21but little or no senior appearances really Cathal O'Connell (Clare) v skillful looking corner forward Conor Allis (Limerick) v good midfielder, was he on the all ireland panel in 2018 Stephen Daniels(Waterford) another promising defender from de la salle thats all i can think of at moment since 2013 since last post." Connor Allis was not on the panel in '18 but he was in '13 and came on in the Semi Final, when Seamus Hickey was injured. Paul Flanagan is a first cousin Of Seamus Flanagan of Limerick another first cousin ,a Ben O'Connor, won a Minor All Ireland with Kilkenny. I, and quite a few Clare Hogan stand people, still feel Paul has still a lot to offer Clare. The biggest surprise at not making it in Limerick side however was Ronan Lynch Na Piarsaigh, who was a brilliant Colleges Player and gave an exhibition against Galway in the All Ireland Semi Final of 2014,a day Conor Whelan was brilliant on a day when Galway beaten. However he was inexplicably played at corner forward in the final and Limerick contrived to lose the match team, in which a John Walsh was outstanding for KK, but he too has failed to shine at Senior Level. Quite a few like Pat Kirby, James O Brien, Eamon Mulcahy, Eoin Foley etc of the three in a row U2 teams promised much failed to fulfil that potential, but there a few in every county like that. Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4490 - 02/12/2020 20:17:51 2317802 Link
Replying To CiarraiMick: "Seanie Johnston.Very good football career but very short hurling career." All of 5 minutes? MicktheMiller (Offaly) - Posts: 421 - 02/12/2020 21:04:02 2317817 Link
Replying To preddan: "i started this thread all of ten years ago on my old account. there must be plenty of players to add to it the last seven years or so since it was last added to.#im trying to think of a few since. James Regan (Galway) heard he was one of the best underage players in galway growing up, had a few quiet years at senior level for Galway, Did injury get the better of him in the end? Sean Mcclelland (Dublin) i think that was his name, looked a class minor for Dublin back in 2012, Did he ever player senior after? Cormac Costello (Dublin) Leading player on the dublin minors, chose Football after. Richie Cummins (Galway) looked a very good scoring player Ciaran Kilkenny (Dublin) Powerhouse for Dublin in minor level, picked football too. Paul Flanagan (Clare) looked a very impressive back at u21but little or no senior appearances really Cathal O'Connell (Clare) v skillful looking corner forward Conor Allis (Limerick) v good midfielder, was he on the all ireland panel in 2018 Stephen Daniels(Waterford) another promising defender from de la salle thats all i can think of at moment since 2013 since last post." James Regan has enjoyed a fine club career with St Thomas's with five winners medals in a very competetive championship.May have been over reaching a little in 2012 under Anthony Cunningham but still a fine player Would be very interested to know what happened to Sean McClelland .Cant believe its that long ago UtahBlaine (Galway) - Posts: 153 - 02/12/2020 21:09:58 2317818 Link
there was a quaid fella too ive thought of, was it Tommy i think played with effin, was on or around the limerick panel in 2012 or thereabouts he looked good too. Dave Bulfin (Limerick) i remember made some spectacular saves in goals in league games for Limerick over 10 years ago but was never heard of again either. Darach Honan(Clare) id have to include him on account of his displays at u21 for clare from what i remember, scored the winning goal in 2013 all ireland senior final replay but had a quiet senior career surprisingly. Brian O`Meara (Tipp) Towering powerful full forward played only one year i think. preddan (Kildare) - Posts: 796 - 02/12/2020 22:22:45 2317840 Link
Replying To CiarraiMick: "Seanie Johnston.Very good football career but very short hurling career." Shame on the hurling club that facilitated that charade. Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2269 - 02/12/2020 23:16:15 2317849 Link
Replying To keeper7: "I remember when Derek McGrath got rid of Jamie Nagle & Richie Foley. Both were excellent prospects for Waterford at the time." I always thought Richie Foley in particular had plenty of talent. He still wouldn't be terribly old. Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2269 - 02/12/2020 23:17:47 2317850 Link
Replying To preddan: "there was a quaid fella too ive thought of, was it Tommy i think played with effin, was on or around the limerick panel in 2012 or thereabouts he looked good too. Dave Bulfin (Limerick) i remember made some spectacular saves in goals in league games for Limerick over 10 years ago but was never heard of again either. Darach Honan(Clare) id have to include him on account of his displays at u21 for clare from what i remember, scored the winning goal in 2013 all ireland senior final replay but had a quiet senior career surprisingly. Brian O`Meara (Tipp) Towering powerful full forward played only one year i think." Honan's senior career was wrecked by injury unfortunately. He some serious hip problems and had to call it a day at relatively young age. He was outstanding at U21 for sure. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2289 - 03/12/2020 10:14:15 2317883 Link
Replying To WanPintWin: "Honan's senior career was wrecked by injury unfortunately. He some serious hip problems and had to call it a day at relatively young age. He was outstanding at U21 for sure." Davy Fitz had a different angle on his demise at senior. keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 04/12/2020 01:38:58 2318052 Link
Seems to me that Dublin would have had a very decent hurling team if it weren't for the footballers over the years, something that's likely to persist given that they're so strong in big ball now. Con O'Callaghan Conal Keaney Diarmuid Connolly Shane Ryan All elected to go with the footballers (at their peak anyway). What happened to Kerril Wade in the end? Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 04/12/2020 05:51:23 2318058 Link
Replying To keeper7: "Davy Fitz had a different angle on his demise at senior." He probably does, then Davy is inclined to run his hurlers into the ground, get a short lift from them and then they crash and burn when their bodies give in due to the horrendous training regime imposed upon them. Honans body shape isn't suited to running up hills in the depth of winter. bricktop (Down) - Posts: 2503 - 04/12/2020 10:22:16 2318083 Link
Replying To Gleebo: "Seems to me that Dublin would have had a very decent hurling team if it weren't for the footballers over the years, something that's likely to persist given that they're so strong in big ball now. Con O'Callaghan Conal Keaney Diarmuid Connolly Shane Ryan All elected to go with the footballers (at their peak anyway). What happened to Kerril Wade in the end?" I never saw Connolly hurl to by all accounts he was supposed to be very good. Keane and Ryan very good hurlers and Con Ó Callaghan for me up with the best forwards in the country. Pity he would nt stick with the hurling lol. CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 3870 - 04/12/2020 10:34:35 2318086 Link
Replying To bricktop: "He probably does, then Davy is inclined to run his hurlers into the ground, get a short lift from them and then they crash and burn when their bodies give in due to the horrendous training regime imposed upon them. Honans body shape isn't suited to running up hills in the depth of winter." i heard him being interviewed on off the ball a couple of years ago,sounded like davy broke him perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 04/12/2020 22:04:42 2318357 Link
4 Limerick lads I thought would have made it for the Limerick seniors in the 2010's Alan Dempsey, very good hurler played corner back for Limerick underage teams and ard scoil ris and played midfield for the Na Piarsaigh seniors. Bryan O'Sullivan from Kilmallock I would have rated him a better hurler than Gavin O'Mahoney and Paudi O'Brien. He was 1 of the 6 lads that refused to go on strike in 2010. Aaron Murphy still 1 of the best performances I have seen from a Limerick goalkeeper was his performance vs Cork u21 in 2011 but he couldn't get a look in for the seniors with Nicky Quaid. Kevin O'Brien from Patrickswell had pace and good control and first touch but his shooting left him down. DUALSUPPORT (Limerick) - Posts: 1038 - 04/12/2020 22:45:58 2318370 Link
some great old user names at the start of this thread,great times on this board back then. perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 05/12/2020 13:01:26 2318481 Link
David Buggy (Kilkenny), i recently seen the 1993 All Ireland minor Final between Kilkenny and Galway on Youtube, and this lad looked outstanding with the stick. What a touch with the heavier ball back then and could turn on a sixpence. outstanding player but looked a bit heavy. i actually do remember him in 2001 after v Clare in the league Qtr Final where Kilkenny were soundly beaten but he scored 1-1 and still had a lovely touch and was one of kilkennys better performers back day, But another player with talent that never made it in the big time sadly. preddan (Kildare) - Posts: 796 - 22/04/2021 00:13:37 2338293 Link