Nicky Behan

Nicky Behan

Personal information
Irish name	Nioclás Ó Beacháin
Sport	Hurling
Position	Full-back
Born	1946 (1946) Allenwood, County Kildare, Ireland
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Allenwood Éire Óg-Corrachoill
Club titles
	Football	Hurling
Kildare titles	0	6
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
	Kildare
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	0
All-Irelands	0
NFL	0
All Stars	0

Nicholas Behan (born 1946) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler. At club level, he played with Allenwood and he also lined out as a dual player with various Kildare teams.

Career

McTeague had his first success at club level in 1964 when he won a Kildare MFC title with St Mary's.[1] He later progressed to adult level Gaelic football with Allenwood. Behan played his club hurling with Éire Óg-Corrachoill and won six Kildare SHC medals between 1964 and 1971.[2]

At inter-county level, Behan was part of the Kildare team that won consecutive Leinster U21FC titles as well as the All-Ireland U21FC title in 1965.[3] Behan added an All-Ireland JHC medal to his collection after beating Warwickshire in the 1966 All-Ireland junior final.[4] An All-Ireland IHC medal followed in 1969, having earlier claimed the Division 2 league title.[5]

Honours

St Mary's

• Kildare Minor Football Championship: 1964

Éire Óg-Corrachoill

• Kildare Senior Hurling Championship: 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971

Kildare

• All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship: 1969
• Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship: 1969
• All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship: 1966
• Leinster Junior Hurling Championship: 1966
• National Hurling League Division 2: 1968–69
• All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship: 1965
• Leinster Under-21 Football Championship: 1965, 1966

References

1. "Close-up on the players". Nationalist and Leinster Times. 1 October 1965. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
2. "Éire Óg first holders of Carey trophy". Nationalist and Leinster Times. 8 October 1971. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
3. "Leinster Under-21 All-Ireland Football Winning Teams" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
4. "Leinster Junior All-Ireland Hurling Winning Teams" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
5. "Leinster All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Winning Teams" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 19 December 2024.