Joe Bannon

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Joe Bannon
Personal information
Irish name Seosamh Ó Banáin
Sport Hurling
Position Right corner-back
Born (1895-03-10)10 March 1895
Ballycahill, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died 4 February 1975(1975-02-04) (aged 79)
Arbour Hill, Dublin, Ireland
Occupation ESB employee
Club(s)
Years Club
Faughs
Young Irelands
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1923–1934
Dublin
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 3
All-Irelands 2

Joseph Bannon (25 April 1894 - 4 February 1975) was an Irish hurler. Usually lining out as a corner-back, he was a member of the Dublin team that won the All-Ireland Championship in 1924 and 1927.[1]

Bannon enjoyed a lengthy career as a full-back with the Faughs and Young Irelands clubs in Dublin, winning several championship medals.

After being selected for the Dublin senior team in 1923, Bannon was a regular member of the team for much of the next decade. He won his first Leinster medal in 1924 before later winning his first All-Ireland medal after Dublin's defeat of Galway in the final. Bannon won a second set of Leinster and All-Ireland medals in 1927 before winning his third and final provincial title at the age of forty in 1934.

Bannon died on 4 February 1975.

Honours[edit]

Dublin

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Tipperary mourns". Irish Independent. 14 February 1975. Retrieved 12 June 2018.