Jack Egan (Kilkenny hurler)

Jack Egan (1921 - 2 December 1994) was an Irish hurler. His league and championship career with the Kilkenny senior hurling team lasted just one season.[1]

Jack Egan
Personal information
Irish name Seán Mac Aogáin
Sport Hurling
Position Goalkeeper
Born 1921
Threecastles, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Died 2 December 1994 (aged 73)
Kilkenny, Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Occupation Woollen mills worker
Club(s)
Years Club
 Threecastles
Tullaroan
Éire Óg
Cootehill
Club titles
Kilkenny titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1946-1947
 Kilkenny
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 1
All-Irelands 1
NHL 0

Biography

Egan was born in Threecastles, County Kilkenny in 1921, son of Martin Egan who was a lifelong administrator with the North Kilkenny GAA Board. He quickly developed a love for hurling and was a member of the Threecastles team that won the Kilkenny Junior Championship in 1940.

Around this time Egan took up employment with Kilkenny Woollen Mills and played with them in the Kilkenny Junior Championship. He played with the Kilkenny junior hurling team which won the All-Ireland Championship in 1946 before graduating to the senior team. On 7 September 1947, Egan won an All-Ireland Championship medal at senior level, as understudy to Jim Donegan, following a one-point defeat of Cork in the final.

As there was no parish rule for club hurling at the time, Egan joined the Tullaroan club with whom he won a Kilkenny Senior Championship medal in 1948. Soon after that victory, he joined the Éire Óg club and remained a member until the club disbanded in the early 1960s. Egan completed his medal collection in 1965 when he lined out with Cootehill who won the Cavan Senior Championship.

Egan died in Kilkenny on 2 December 1994.

Honours
Threecastles
Tullaroan
Cootehill
Kilkenny

References
  1. "Kilkenny GAA Bible" (PDF). Kilkenny GAA. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
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