Michael Connolly RIP
Kinvara GAA would like to extend our condolences to the family of the late Michael Connolly RIP, formerly of Killina.
Michael jointly held the record of being a member of both our clubs first Juvenile title winning team and also our clubs first County Championship winning team.
In 1957 Michael was centre forward when we won the South Board Juvenile hurling championship. This was our clubs first ever juvenile title.
He followed up in 1959 when being part of Kinvara’s first ever county winning squad, the County Junior Hurling title.
Both those titles were massive for us, and Michael and those players really were the catalyst to push our club forward onto intermediate and eventually senior level.
In that 1957 final, Michael played in centre-forward. He was known as a tough hurler, which he matched with style, a high level of skill, and a keen eye for a score.
In 1959 Michael was a young 17 year old on that historic junior squad. He however had to make way for older brother John who took the centre-forward position on that memorable day.
Only two other players held that unique honour of being on both our clubs ‘firsts’ - the late Paraic Huban RIP and Joe Paul Hanlon RIP.
We send our sympathies to Michael’s wife Mary, their children Maria, Joanne, Thomas and Tony, the extended families, and neighbours and friends, both in Tipperary and Kinvara.
Michael Connolly RIP
Kinvara County Junior Hurling Champions 1959.
Front row (from left to right): Michael Connolly, Michael Curtin, Joe Mitchell, Kevin Sexton, Padraig Huban, Martin O’Grady, Paul O’Shaughnessy, Colm Muldoon.
Middle Row (from left to right): Miko Waites, Toddie Byrne, John Connolly, Frank Mitchell, Willie Connors, Tom Hanlon, Aidan Muldoon.
Back Row (from left to right): Michael McCormack, Mattie Whelan, Enda Muldoon, Michael Mahon, Mattie Quinn, Brendan Muldoon, Joe Paul Hanlon, Michael Hynes.
Mentors and others enjoying the occasion: Thomas Donlon, John O’Connor, Larry Tannion, Paddy Kavanagh, Pake Curtin, Joe Muldoon, John McLoughlin, Miko Connors and John Linnane
Kinvara GAA would like to extend our condolences to the family of the late Michael Connolly RIP, formerly of Killina.
Michael jointly held the record of being a member of both our clubs first Juvenile title winning team and also our clubs first County Championship winning team.
In 1957 Michael was centre forward when we won the South Board Juvenile hurling championship. This was our clubs first ever juvenile title.
He followed up in 1959 when being part of Kinvara’s first ever county winning squad, the County Junior Hurling title.
Both those titles were massive for us, and Michael and those players really were the catalyst to push our club forward onto intermediate and eventually senior level.
In that 1957 final, Michael played in centre-forward. He was known as a tough hurler, which he matched with style, a high level of skill, and a keen eye for a score.
In 1959 Michael was a young 17 year old on that historic junior squad. He however had to make way for older brother John who took the centre-forward position on that memorable day.
Only two other players held that unique honour of being on both our clubs ‘firsts’ - the late Paraic Huban RIP and Joe Paul Hanlon RIP.
We send our sympathies to Michael’s wife Mary, their children Maria, Joanne, Thomas and Tony, the extended families, and neighbours and friends, both in Tipperary and Kinvara.
Michael Connolly RIP
Kinvara County Junior Hurling Champions 1959.
Front row (from left to right): Michael Connolly, Michael Curtin, Joe Mitchell, Kevin Sexton, Padraig Huban, Martin O’Grady, Paul O’Shaughnessy, Colm Muldoon.
Middle Row (from left to right): Miko Waites, Toddie Byrne, John Connolly, Frank Mitchell, Willie Connors, Tom Hanlon, Aidan Muldoon.
Back Row (from left to right): Michael McCormack, Mattie Whelan, Enda Muldoon, Michael Mahon, Mattie Quinn, Brendan Muldoon, Joe Paul Hanlon, Michael Hynes.
Mentors and others enjoying the occasion: Thomas Donlon, John O’Connor, Larry Tannion, Paddy Kavanagh, Pake Curtin, Joe Muldoon, John McLoughlin, Miko Connors and John Linnane
