Dinny Kidney
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Donncha Ó Duáin | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Born |
Blackrock, Cork, Ireland | 18 October 1883||
Died |
24 July 1917 Blackrock, Cork, Ireland | (aged 33)||
Occupation | Fisherman | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Blackrock | |||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1903-1908 | Cork | 9 | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 2 | ||
All-Irelands | 1 |
Denis "Dinny" Kidney (18 October 1883 - 24 July 1917) was an Irish hurler who played for the Cork senior team.
Kidney made his first appearance for the team during the 1903 championship and was a regular member of the starting seventeen until his retirement after the 1908 championship. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal and two Munster medals.[1][2] Kidney was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
At club level Kidney won multiple county club championship medalist with Blackrock.
On 24 July 1917, Kidney died from tuberculosis aged 33. His brother, John Kidney, was also an All-Ireland medalist with Cork.
References
- ^ "Cork GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
- ^ "Munster Senior Hurling Winners". Munster GAA website. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2013.