death_date icposition birth_date code nhl club death_place name clyears birth_place county sport icprovince counties icyears icallireland province article_title clcounty irish
1982 full-forward 1902 hurling 0 tullaroan united states henry meagher 1922-1928 tullaroan , county kilkenny , ireland kilkenny hurling 2 kilkenny 1926-1927 0 leinster henry meagher
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henry meagher

henry meagher -lrb- 1902 -- 1982 -rrb- was an irish hurler who played as a full-forward for the kilkenny senior team .
meagher made his first appearance for the team during the 1926 championship and was a regular player for just two championship seasons .
during that time he won two leinster winner 's medals .
at club level , meagher enjoyed a successful career with tullaroan , however , he also lined out with arch-rivals mooncoin , winning one county club championship winners ' medal .
he also won a railway cup winners ' medal as a member of the inaugural leinster inter-provincial team .
meagher was a member of a famous gaelic games dynasty .
his father , henry j. meagher , was said to have attended the inaugural meeting of the gaelic athletic association in 1884 .
his brothers , frank and willie , both played with kilkenny throughout the 1920s while a third brother , lory , is regarded as one of the greatest players of all-time .
