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# Mick Kearin

Mick Kearin (born 9 May 1943 in Kildare) is an Irish former footballer who mainly played as a wing-half, after starting his career as a forward.
He started off with St Patrick's Athletic F.C. at 17 before joining Bohemians F.C. in 1963 as an amateur.
Bohemians struggled in the league, winning a handful of games, but the arrival of Seán Thomas as manager was soon to change things, "It was major news – Sean Thomas had managed Shamrock Rovers and brought them phenomenal success."
There were offers to turn professional and semi-professional by the likes of Derry and Glentoran and Waterford.
"The Derry one I was nearly going to take because it was full-time but Sean Thomas said that Shamrock Rovers was the offer to accept – they were the club in the country – they were in Europe every year." Sean said, "Don't mind these other teams – they can promise you ten pounds a week more than what Rovers are offering, but after a month they mightn't have any money."
In the end he went to Rovers in May 1966 for four times the amount they'd originally offered. The most memorable European tie Mick played in was against FC Bayern Munich in 1966. Rovers drew 1-1 at Dalymount Park but it was the return match played in below freezing temperature in Munich that almost caused German hearts to crash. With a minute to the final whistle the score was 2-2, and qualification was beckoning for Rovers on the away goals rule (this was a Bayern team peppered with World Cup winners like Sepp Maier, Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller – and their club had already sold 40,000 tickets for their next European game – that's how sure they were that Rovers would be a push-over). The silence of the crowd was deafening as they say, the relief palpable when Der Bomber netted the winner.
A six-week summer team to promote the advent of professional soccer in the US in 1967 saw Mick play against South American teams, and also against the likes of Sunderland, Wolves, Hearts and Stoke City amongst others. By now Mick was very well established and written often off in the national newspapers.
His seven-year stay at Glenmalure Park included scoring twice in eight appearances for Rovers in Europe .
Kearin earned one international cap for the Republic of Ireland national football team on 10 October 1971 in a 6-0 defeat to Austria in a European Championship qualifier in the Linzer Stadion . Mick won three amateur caps for the Irish national team: against Scotland home and away, and Iceland away. He represented the League of Ireland XI four times while at Milltown.
He scored in the 1969 FAI Cup final replay .
He rejoined Bohs in January 1973 and later played for Athlone Town F.C.

## Honours

* FAI Cup: 3
** Shamrock Rovers - 1967, 1968, 1969
* League of Ireland Shield
** Shamrock Rovers - 1967/68
* Leinster Senior Cup
** Shamrock Rovers - 1968/69
* Dublin City Cup
** Shamrock Rovers - 1966/67
* Blaxnit Cup
** Shamrock Rovers 1967-68

## Sources

* The Hoops by Paul Doolan and Robert Goggins (ISBN 0-7171-2121-6)
# Mick McCarthy (footballer, born 1911)

Mick McCarthy (22 December 1911 – 21 May 1973) was an Ireland international footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent the majority of his career playing in the League of Ireland for Shamrock Rovers, helping the club win three league titles and three FAI Cups.

## Playing career
### Club career

McCarthy originally came from Blackrock, Cork and as a youth he played hurling as well as association football. He played for Cork Bohemians and Fordsons before signing for Shamrock Rovers on 6 November 1931. A number of Scottish clubs, as well as Birmingham City, made enquiries about signing him before he opted to join Rovers. In 1931–32 he was part of Rovers team that won the treble, winning the League of Ireland, the FAI Cup and the League of Ireland Shield. Other members of the team included Jimmy Daly, John Joe Flood, Paddy Moore, Owen Kinsella, David Byrne, John Burke and William Glen. After three years at Rovers, McCarthy joined Sheffield United. He was signed by United following an impressive performance in a 2–2 draw between Rovers and United in the Duggan Cup. He made his debut against Bradford City on 27 August 1934 in a 5–2 league win, making nine appearances in total and keeping two clean sheets. However a serious thigh injury forced him to return to Ireland. Despite been told he would never play again, McCarthy made a comeback and after a short spell at Brideville he rejoined Shamrock Rovers in 1936–37.

### International career
#### Ireland

On 8 May 1932 McCarthy made his one and only appearance for Ireland in a 2–0 away win against the Netherlands at the Olympic Stadium.

#### League of Ireland XI

On 14 April 1941 McCarthy represented the League of Ireland XI against the Irish League XI at Windsor Park.

## Death

McCarthy died in his home in Clonskeagh in May 1973.

## Honours
### Shamrock Rovers

* League of Ireland
** 1931–32, 1937–38, 1938–39: 3
* FAI Cup
** 1931–32, 1932–33, 1939–40: 3
* League of Ireland Shield
** 1931–32, 1932–33, 1937–38: 3
* Leinster Senior Cup
** 1932–33, 1937–38: 3
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# Mick McGrath (footballer)

Michael McGrath (born 7 April 1936) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a left half.
McGrath began his career with Dublin club Home Farm before moving to England to join Blackburn Rovers in August 1954. He made 269 Football League appearances over the next ten years at Ewood Park. and played with players including Peter Dobing, Derek Dougan and Mike England. He helped the club win promotion to the First Division and appeared in the 1960 FA Cup Final where he scored an own goal in a 3–0 defeat to Wolves.
In March 1966 he signed for Bradford Park Avenue where he made 50 league appearances before becoming player manager at Bangor City F.C. He also played 22 times for the Republic of Ireland national team and made one appearance for the Republic of Ireland B team in 1957.
He later lived in Blackburn and retired after 24 years working for Thwaites Brewery.

## Honours

Blackburn Rovers
* FA Cup runner-up: 1959–60
# Mick Murphy (cyclist)

Michael Murphy (28 April 1934 – 10 September 2015) was an Irish cyclist. He won the Rás Tailteann in 1958.

## Early life

Murphy was a native of Cahirsiveen. He left school at 11 and worked variously as a farm labourer, a quarryman and a turf-cutter.

## Career

Murphy was nicknamed the Iron Man.
In 1958 he won the Rás Tailteann, winning seven of the eight stages. He won two stages in 1959 and was third in 1960.
Murphy was known for his eccentricity, and was the subject of several works: an RTÉ radio documentary, A Convict of the Road; a documentary short made for the Killorglin Archive Society called The Marvels of Mick Murphy; a play based on his life by Roddy McDevitt, and a character based on him in Jane Urquhart's novel The Night Stages. He trained by sleeping in hay barns, eating raw meat and drinking cow's blood, doing the last in imitation of the Maasai. He could also walk long distances uphill on his hands.

## Personal and later life

During his life, he was a cyclist, wrestler, boxer, runner, farmer, circus performer, fire eater, ventriloquist and bricklayer. He lived in England in the 1960s, competing as a wrestler. He later worked as a builder in Germany before a fall from scaffolding left him injured. Murphy came home to Cahirsiveen, living a frugal life on his parents' 2 acres (0.81 ha) farm, without running water or windows.
Murphy never married and had no children. He was robbed in his home in 2012. He died in 2015.
# Mick Quane

Michael Quane (born 1934) is an Irish former hurler who played at club level with Glen Rovers and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. He usually lined out as a forward.

## Playing career

Quane first came to prominence with the Newmarket club before transferring to Glen Rovers in Cork. He first lined out with the senior team in 1955 and won four Cork SHC titles in total. Quane first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork junior hurling team that won the All-Ireland JHC title in 1955. He captained the juniors to a second All-Ireland crown in 1958, while also being drafted onto the Cork senior hurling team that year. Quane went on to line out in three successive Munster finals without success.

## Honours
### Glen Rovers

* Cork Senior Hurling Championship: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962

### Cork

* All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship: 1955, 1958(c)
* Munster Junior Hurling Championship: 1955, 1958 (c)
# Mick O'Shea

Michael O'Shea (born 16 September 1954) is an Irish long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 5000 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
# Mick Walsh

Michael Walsh (1934 - 30 September 2013) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with Slieverue and Mount Sion and was an All-Ireland Championship winner with the Kilkenny senior hurling team before later lining out with the Waterford senior hurling team.
# Mickey Burke (hurler)

Michael Burke (1927 – 19 November 1994) was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Castlegar and was a member of the Galway senior inter-county team in the 1940s and 1950s.
# Murty Kennedy

Martin "Murty" Kennedy (born 1956) is an Irish former hurler who played as a midfielder for the Kilkenny senior team.
Born in Freshford, County Kilkenny, Kennedy first played competitive hurling during his schooling at Johnstown Vocational School. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Kilkenny minor team before later joining the under-21 side. He made his senior debut during the 1978 championship. Kennedy subsequently became a regular member of the team and won one Leinster medal.
At club level Kennedy is a one-time championship medallist in the intermediate grade with St Lachtain's.
Throughout his career Kennedy made 6 championship appearances. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1980 championship.
In retirement from playing Kennedy became involved in team management and coaching. He was a selector with the Kilkenny under-21 team that won the All-Ireland title in 1999.

## Honours
### Player
#### Kilkenny Schools

* All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championship (2): 1972, 1973

#### St Lachtain's

* Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship (1): 1984

#### Kilkenny

* All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1979 (sub)
* Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1978, 1979 (sub)
* All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 1977
* Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship (2): 1976, 1977
* All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship (1): 1973
* Leinster Minor Hurling Championship (2): 1973, 1974

### Selector
#### Kilkenny

* All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 1999
* Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 1999
# Villajoyosa

Villajoyosa (Spanish:), in Valencian: La Vila Joiosa, meaning "The Joyful Town", and officially Villajoyosa / La Vila Joiosa, is a coastal town and municipality in the south of the Valencian Community, Spain, by the Mediterranean Sea. It is the historic and administrative capital of Marina Baixa county, and is located in the province of Alicante. The town is known locally simply as La Vila.
It is the historic and administrative capital of the comarca of Marina Baixa and is located 32 km from the city of Alicante, in the coastal area known as Costa Blanca (White Coast). It has over three kilometers of beaches, including the Platja Centre (Central Beach), close to the town centre. The river of La Vila (incorrectly also known as Amadòrio) runs through the town.
The area is famous for its chocolate industry and tourism. One of the most popular tourist attractions is its Gothic Catholic church of the Assumption, with a Baroque altar piece. Another popular destination, the Royal Palm Casino (formerly Casino Costa Blanca), is now closed. The town's festival of Moros i Cristians, celebrated at the end of July, was declared an International Tourist Interest Festival. Currently, this festivity commemorates a boat landing from the Berber pirates that was repelled by the population of the town.

## Notable people

* Marta Baldó, rhythmic gymnast and Olympic Champion (1996, Atlanta)
* José Catalá, footballer
* Lucía Cortez Llorca, tennis player
* Maisa Lloret, rhythmic gymnast
* Felipe Orts, road and cyclo-cross cyclist
* Maxim Kuzminov, Russian defector and helicopter pilot found dead in Villajoyosa
* Anthony Jung, footballer who was born in Villajoyosa, Spain, to a German mother and Spanish father. He emigrated at the age of three with his divorced mother to Germany.

## Twin towns

* Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine, France, since 1989
* Quesada, Spain, since 2006
* Bullas, Spain, since 2006
# Ned O'Gorman (hurler)

Edmond "Ned" O'Gorman (7 November 1921 – December 1990) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with Holycross-Ballycahill, and also lined out at inter-county level with the Tipperary senior hurling team.

## Career

O'Gorman first played hurling at club level, alongside his brother Denis O'Gorman, with Holycross-Ballycahill. After progressing from the minor ranks, he was a member of the club's senior team that captured three Tipperary SHC titles during a golden age for the club between 1948 and 1954. O'Gorman also won a Mid Tipperary SHC medal in 1947.
O'Gorman's performances at club level earned a call-up to the Tipperary senior hurling team. He won National Hurling League and Munster SHC medals in 1949, and was a non-playing substitute when Tipperary beat Laois in the 1949 All-Ireland final.

## Death

O'Gorman died after a period of ill health in December 1990, aged 69.

## Honours
### Holycross-Ballycahill

* Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship: 1948, 1951, 1954
* Mid Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship: 1947, 1948, 1951, 1954

### Tipperary

* All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: 1949
* Munster Senior Hurling Championship: 1949
* National Hurling League: 1948–49
# Niall Ahern

Niall Ahern (born 1968) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Sarsfields and at inter-county level was a member of the Cork senior hurling team. Ahern usually lined out as a forward.

## Career

Ahern first played hurling and Gaelic football at juvenile and underage levels with the Sarsfields and Glanmire clubs. He simultaneously lined out as a schoolboy with Coláiste an Chroí Naofa in Carrignavar and won an All-Ireland Colleges medal in 1985. He subsequently won Fitzgibbon Cup titles as a student with University College Cork. After being part of the Glanmire team that won the 1987 Cork IFC title, Ahern was on the Sarsfields senior team that lost county finals to Glen Rovers in 1989 and Imokilly in 1997. Ahern first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork under-21 hurling team in 1989. He was later drafted onto the senior team during the 1989-90 NHL.

## Career statistics

| Team | Year | National League | National League | National League | Munster | Munster | All-Ireland | All-Ireland | Total | Total |
| Team | Year | Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score |
| Cork | 1989-90 | Division 1A | 1 | 0-00 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0-00 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 1 | 0-00 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0-00 |

## Honours
### Coláiste an Chroí Naofa

* All-Ireland Colleges Senior B Football Championship: 1985
* Munster Colleges Senior B Football Championship: 1985

### University College Cork

* Fitzgibbon Cup: 1990, 1991
* All-Ireland Freshers' Hurling Championship: 1987

### Glanmire

* Cork Intermediate Football Championship: 1987
# Niall Kenefick

Cornelius G. Kenefick (born 1958), known as Niall Kenefick, was an Irish hurler who played at club level with St Finbarr's and at senior inter-county level with the Cork county team. He usually lined out as a defender.

## Career

Kenefick first came to hurling prominence with the St Finbarr's club. After progressing through the juvenile and underage ranks he eventually progressed onto the club's senior team which coincided with a hugely successful era for the club. He won an All-Ireland Club Championship title in 1979, while he also won a club joint-record of six Cork SHC titles. Kenefick first appeared at inter-county level during an unsuccessful two-year tenure with the Cork under-21 hurling team. He joined the Cork senior hurling team during their successful 1980-81 National League campaign and was later an unused substitute in the Munster Championship.

## Personal life

Kenefick's father, Mick Kenefick, captained Cork to victory over Antrim in the 1943 All-Ireland final. His grandfather, Dan Kenefick, was part of the Cork team beaten by Kilkenny in the 1912 All-Ireland final. Kenefick's brother-in-law, Jimmy Barry-Murphy, was a dual All-Ireland-winner with Cork.

## Honours
### St Finbarr's

* All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: 1978
* Munster Senior Hurling Championship: 1977, 1980
* Cork Senior Hurling Championship: 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1988

### Cork

* National Hurling League: 1980-81
# Nick Thuillier

Nick Thuillier (5 May 1907 – 25 June 1983) was an Irish fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
# Nicky Orr

Nicholas "Nicky" Orr (born 23 February 1947) is an Irish retired hurler whose league and championship career with the Kilkenny senior team spanned nine seasons from 1969 to 1976. Children: Patricia Orr (Thornton)
Born near Johnstown, County Kilkenny, Orr first played competitive hurling during his schooling at Johnstown national school. He began his club hurling career with the St. Finbarr's team, before later joining the Fenians club when it was formed in 1968. Orr won a county junior championship medal that year, which guaranteed promotion to the senior ranks the following year. An All-Ireland runner-up in 1975, he also won one Leinster medal and five county senior championship medals.
Orr made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty when he was selected for the Kilkenny intermediate team. A Leinster medal winner in this grade, he later joined the under-21 team, ending his tenure in this grade as an All-Ireland runner-up in 1968. Orr made his senior debut during the 1969-70 league. Over the course of the next nine seasons, he won three All-Ireland medals, beginning with a lone triumph in 1972 followed by back-to-back championships in 1974 and 1975. The All-Ireland-winning captain of 1974, Orr also won five Leinster medals and one National Hurling League medal. A broken kneecap in 1976 brought his inter-county career to an end.
Selected as a substitute on the Leinster inter-provincial team in 1975, Orr won his only Railway Cup medal that year.

## Career statistics

| Team | Year | National League | National League | National League | Leinster | Leinster | All-Ireland | All-Ireland | Total | Total |
| Team | Year | Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score |
| Kilkenny | 1969-70 | Division 1 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 |
| Kilkenny | 1970-71 | Division 1 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 |
| Kilkenny | 1971-72 | Division 1 | 4 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 5 | 0-00 |
| Kilkenny | 1972-73 | Division 1 | 7 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 10 | 0-00 |
| Kilkenny | 1973-74 | Division 1 | 6 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 10 | 0-00 |
| Kilkenny | 1974-75 | Division 1 | 5 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 8 | 0-00 |
| Kilkenny | 1975-76 | Division 1 | 8 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 10 | 0-00 |
| Kilkenny | 1976-77 | Division 1 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 |
| Total | Total | Total | 30 | 0-00 | 8 | 0-00 | 5 | 0-00 | 43 | 0-00 |

## Honours
### Fenians

* Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship (1): 1974
* Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship (5): 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977
* Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1969
* Kilkenny Junior Football Championship (1): 1971

### Kilkenny

* All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (3): 1972, 1974 (c), 1975
* Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (5): 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 (c), 1975
* National Hurling League (1): 1975-76
* Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship (1): 1967

### Leinster

* Railway Cup (1): 1975
# Noel Berkeley

Noel Berkeley (born 20 December 1964) is an Irish long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 10,000 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He competed collegiately in the United States and attended the University of Oklahoma.
# Noel Peyton

Noel Peyton (4 December 1935 – 26 December 2023) was an Irish professional footballer who played as an inside left for Shamrock Rovers, Leeds United and York City, and for the Republic of Ireland national team.

## Club career

Peyton made a scoring debut for Shamrock Rovers in October 1953 in a 4–2 win in the League of Ireland Shield. He made two appearances in European competition while at Shamrock Rovers, and in January 1958, moved to Leeds United for a £5,000 fee. Peyton spent five seasons at Leeds, a period when the club was relegated to the Second Division at the end of the 1959–60 season and fought a battle against relegation to the Third Division during the 1961–62 season. He scored 20 goals in 117 appearances for Leeds before joining York City for £4,000 in July 1963, where he made 37 appearances, scoring four goals, during the 1963–64 season.

## International career

Peyton played six times for the Republic of Ireland, once while at Shamrock Rovers. He also won a Republic of Ireland B cap against Romania in 1957 and played six times for the League of Ireland XI.

## Personal life and death

Peyton's brother Willie was also a footballer who played for St Patrick's Athletic.
Peyton died on 26 December 2023, at the age of 88.

## Honours

Shamrock Rovers
* League of Ireland: 1953–54, 1956–57
* FAI Cup: 1955, 1956
* League of Ireland Shield: 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57
* Leinster Senior Cup: 1956, 1957
* Dublin City Cup: 1956–57
# Paddy Costello

Paddy Costello (18 August 1931 — 6 October 1997) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Dublin, Costello was a second-rower, capped for Ireland in a 1960 Five Nations match against France at Colombes, lost by 17-points. He won two Leinster Senior Cups playing with Bective Rangers. In addition to rugby, Costello was also a four-time Irish NACAI champion for shot put and played soccer as a centre-half with Longford Town.
Costello's son Victor was an Olympic shot putter and Ireland international loose forward.
# Pascal Flynn

Pascal Flynn (1937 – 16 September 2024) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for club side St. Mary's and at inter-county level with the Dublin senior football team.

## Career

Flynn joined the Dublin senior team in 1957. He took over from Paddy O'Flaherty as first-choice goalkeeper following his retirement in September 1959. Flynn won back-to-back Leinster Championship medals in 1962 and 1963, and was on the Dublin team that defeated Galway to win the 1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final. Flynn ended his career with a third provincial winners' medal in 1965.

## Death

Flynn died on 16 September 2024.

## Honours
### Dublin

* All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1963
* Leinster Senior Football Championship: 1962, 1963, 1965
# James Wangsness

James Wangsness is an American politician and farmer serving as a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from the 23rd district. A former commissioner of Hand County, South Dakota, Wangsness was appointed to the House by Governor Kristi Noem in 2019 after the resignation of Justin Cronin.
# Paschal Russell

Paschal Russell (born 1948) is an Irish former hurler who played as a midfielder and as a forward for the Clare senior team.
Russell made his debut for the team during the 1969 championship and was a semi-regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1982 championship. Clare hurling was at a low ebb for much of Russell's career, and he ended his career without any honours at senior level.
At club level Russell is a four-time county club championship medalist with Clarecastle.