Billy O'Neill (dual player)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Liam Ó Néill | ||
Sport | Dual player | ||
Football Position: | Left wing-forward | ||
Hurling Position: | Full-back | ||
Born |
1929 Carrigtwohill, County Cork, Ireland | ||
Died | 2 January 2015[1] | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Occupation | Army officer | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Carrigtwohill An Chéad Cath | |||
Club titles | |||
Football | Hurling | ||
Galway titles | 0 | 0 | |
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1951 1952-1958 |
Cork Galway | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Football | Hurling | ||
Connacht Titles | 3 | 0 | |
All-Ireland Titles | 1 | 0 | |
League titles | 1 | 0 |
William O'Neill (1929 – 2 January 2015[2]) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler who played in various positions for both the Cork and Galway senior teams.[3]
A dual player at the highest level, he joined the Cork panel in 1951 but later lined out with Galway until his retirement in 1958. He won one All-Ireland football medal, three Connacht football medals and one National Football League medal.[4]
At club level O'Neill played with Carrigtwohill in Cork and an Chéad Cath in Galway.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tributes paid to Galway dual legend Billy O'Neill RIP". Galway Bay Fm. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ Mourning the loss of billy oneill and billy kelly
- ^ "Pen Pictures of the Men Who Will Don the Galway Jerseys". Galway Library website. 6 October 1956. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ "Galway profile". Hogan Stand website. Archived from the original on 26 May 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
Categories:
- 1929 births
- 2015 deaths
- Dual players
- Carrigtwohill hurlers
- Cork inter-county hurlers
- Galway inter-county hurlers
- An Chéad Cath Gaelic footballers
- Galway inter-county Gaelic footballers
- Connacht inter-provincial Gaelic footballers
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners
- Irish Army officers
- 20th-century Irish sportsmen