Ken O'Shea

Ken O'Shea
Personal information
Sport Hurling
Position Right corner-forward
Born (1976-03-23) 23 March 1976 (age 48)
Dunnamaggin, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Occupation Software engineer
Club(s)
Years Club
 Dunnamaggin
Kilmoganny
Club titles
  Football Hurling
Kilkenny titles 1 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1996-2000
 Kilkenny 10 (6-02)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 2
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
All Stars 0

Kenneth Patrick O'Shea (born 23 March 1976) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Dunnamaggin and was also a member of the Kilkenny senior hurling team. He usually lined out in the forwards.[1]

Career

O'Shea first came to prominence at juvenile and underage levels with the Dunnamaggin club before quickly joining the club's top adult team. After consecutive junior and intermediate successes, he went on to win a County Senior Championship title in 1997.[2] O'Shea first appeared on the inter-county scene with the Kilkenny minor team that won the Leinster Minor Championship in 1994. He enjoyed an unsuccessful tenure with the Kilkenny under-21 team and was on the Kilkenny junior team that lost the 1996 All-Ireland final to Galway. O'Shea was drafted onto the Kilkenny senior hurling team in 1996 and was at right corner-forward when the team lost consecutive All-Ireland finals to Offaly in 1998 and Cork in 1999.[3][4]

Honours

Dunnamaggin
Kilkenny

References

  1. ^ "Kilkenny's Ken O'Shea". Hogan Stand. 22 May 1998. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Dunnamaggin are superb". Irish Times. 13 October 1997. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  3. ^ McGee, Eugene (14 September 1998). "Offaly silence the `back door' knockers". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Championship Flashback: All-Ireland SHC final, September 1999". Irish Independent. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2021.