Noel Tierney
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Nollaig Ó Tiarnaigh | ||
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Full Back | ||
| Born |
2 February 1942 Tuam, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Occupation | Dairy Farmer | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | Apps (scores) | |
1962-1976 |
Garrymore Milltown |
29 Apps. (0-4) | |
| Club titles | |||
| Galway titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1963-1969 | Galway | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Connacht titles | 5 | ||
| All-Irelands | 3 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 2 (Cú Chulainn Award) | ||
Noel Tierney (born 2 February 1942 in Milltown, County Galway) is an Irish former Gaelic Football Player and Sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Milltown and was a member of the Galway Senior Inter-County 3 in a row winning team from 1964 until 1966 inclusive, winning three Senior All Ireland Medals.[1]
Tierney was a member of the Galway All-Ireland Minor Football Championship winning team of 1960, a team which included a number of future Three-in-a-Row panelists. He won a National Football League with Galway in 1965, as well as winning two Railway Cup medals with Connacht in 1967 and again in 1969, when he captained the team.
He won two Cù Chulainn Awards (an early All Stars Award) and he also won Texaco Footballer of the Year in 1964. In 1993, he was inducted into the Galway Football Hall of Fame. He was selected at full-back on the Galway Football Team of the Millenium in 1999.
Honours
- All-Ireland Minor Football Championship : 1 (1960)
- Connacht Senior Football Championship : 5 (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968)
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship : 3 (1964, 1965, 1966)
- Runner-up : 1 (1963)
- National Football League : 1 (1965)
- Galway North-Board Minor Football Championship : 1 (1960)
- Galway Junior Football Championship : 1 (1961)
- Galway Senior Football Championship : 1 (1971)
- Runner-up : 1 (1967)
- Railway Cup : 2 (1967, 1969; capt.)
- Individual
- Cú Chulainn Award : 2 (1963, 1964)
- Texaco Footballer of the Year : 1 (1964)
- Galway Football Hall of Fame Inductee : 1993
- Galway Football Team of the Millenium : 1884-1999
References
- ^ "Galway GAA. profile". www.hoganstand.com. Archived from the original on 26 May 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
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