Mick Kennedy (Dublin hurler)

This article is about Mick Kennedy, the Tipperary/Dublin hurler. For Mick Kennedy the Offaly hurler, see Mick Kennedy (Offaly hurler).

Michael Kennedy

Personal information
Irish name	Mícheál Ó Cinnéide
Sport	Hurling
Position	Midfield
Born	1935 (1935) Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died	9 January 2025 (aged 89) Whitehall, Dublin, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
	St Mary's Clonmel Clonmel Commercials Marlfield → Na Piarsaigh Faughs
Club titles
Dublin titles	3
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
	Tipperary (SF) Dublin (SH)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	1
All-Irelands	0
NHL	0

Michael Kennedy (1935 – 9 January 2025) was an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer. At club level, he played with St Mary's Clonmel, Clonmel Commercials, Marlfield and Faughs and was also a member of the Dublin senior hurling team.

Career

Kennedy had a varied club career that saw him line out as a dual player with numerous clubs in Tipperary and Dublin. He won a Tipperary SFC medal with Clonmel Commercials before later winning three Dublin SHC medals with Faughs. Kennedy won an All-Ireland MHC medal with Tipperary in 1953, before being a substitute on the Dublin senior hurling team beaten by Tipperary in the 1961 All-Ireland final.[1] He was the first player to score in a live televised GAA match, when he scored the opening point in the 1962 Railway Cup final, playing for Leinster in their win over Munster.[2][3]

Death

Kennedy died in Whitehall, Dublin on 9 January 2025, at the age of 89.[4]

Honours

St Mary's Clonmel

• South Tipperary Minor Hurling Championship (1): 1953

Marlfield

• South Tipperary Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1954

Clonmel Commercial

• Tipperary Senior Football Championship (1): 1956

Faughs

• Dublin Senior Hurling Championship: 1970, 1972, 1973

Tipperary

• All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship (1): 1953
• Munster Minor Hurling Championship (1): 1953

Dublin

• Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1961

Leinster

• Railway Cup: 1962

References

1. "Minor Hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
2. "Mick got the first score in first hurling game televised live". Tipperary Live. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
3. "Leinster Railway Cup Winning Teams" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
4. "Dublin All-Ireland final hurler Mick Kennedy, who hit the first-ever televised score in GAA, passes away". Irish Independent. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.