Jim Clancy (hurler)

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Jim Clancy
Personal information
Sport Hurling
Born 1890
Newmarket-on-Fergus,
County Clare, Ireland
Died 21 January 1971 (aged 80)
Ennis,
County Clare, Ireland
Nickname Bawn
Occupation Builder
Club(s)
Years Club
Newmarket-on-Fergus
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
Clare
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 1
All-Irelands 1

James Clancy (1890 – 21 January 1971) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with Newmarket-on-Fergus, and also lined out at inter-county level with Clare and Dublin.

Career[edit]

Clancy first played hurling in his local area with the Newmarket-on-Fergus club. He was part of the Newmarket team that succeeded in winning their very first Clare SHC title in 1912, before claiming a second winners' medal in 1916.[1] Clancy's performances at club level quickly earned him a call-up to the Clare senior hurling team. He won a Munster SHC medal in 1914, before later lining out at wing-back in Clare's defeat of Laois in the 1914 All-Ireland final.[2][3][4] Clancy continued lining out for Clare until 1928, by which stage he had won further Clare SHC honours.

Death[edit]

Clancy died in Ennis on 21 January 1971, at the age of 80.[5]

Honours[edit]

Newmarket-on-Fergus
Clare

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Club history". Newmarket-on-Fergus GAA website. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Senior hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Clare (Quin) 1914 Hurling All-Ireland Champions". GAA website. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  4. ^ "The memory lives 100 years on". The Clare Champion. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Death of JAMES CLANCY on 31 January 1971". Irish Genealogy website. Retrieved 11 February 2023.