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Tony Lanigan (hurler)

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Tony Lanigan
Personal information
Irish name Antaine Ó Lonagáin
Sport Hurling
Position Left corner-forward
Born 1968
Holycross,
County Tipperary, Ireland
Club(s)
Years Club
Holycross–Ballycahill
Club titles
Tipperary titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1990-1991
Tipperary 0 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 1
All-Irelands 1
NHL 0
All Stars 0

Tony Lanigan (born 1968[1]) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Holycross–Ballycahill and was also a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team.

Career

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Lanigan first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Holycross–Ballycahill club. He won a divisional title in the minor grade in 1984, the same year he won a special county title as a schoolboy with Thurles Vocational School. Lanigan eventually progressed onto the club's senior team and won a Tipperary SHC title in 1990 after beating Cashel King Cormacs in the final.[2] He also won four Mid Tipperary SHC titles between 1985 and 1999.

At inter-county level, had a two-year tenure with the Tipperary minor hurling team, however, Cork was the dominant team in the championship at the time.[3] He immediately progressed onto the under-21 team and was at left corner-forward when the team that beat Offaly in the 1989 All-Ireland under-21 final.[4] Lanigan's performances in the under-21 grade earned a call-up to the senior team's extended training panel during their 1989 All-Ireland SHC-winning campaign.

Honours

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Holycross–Ballycahill
Tipperary

References

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  1. ^ "Holycross-Ballycahill pen-pictures" (PDF). Tipperary Studies. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Gloves are off in Ballycahill!". Irish Independent. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Minor Hurling". Munster GAA website. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Senior Hurling". Munster GAA website. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
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