Larry Shannon (hurler)

Larry Shannon
Personal information
Irish name Labhrás Ó Seanáin
Sport Hurling
Position Left wing-forward
Born 1936
Dublin, Ireland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Club(s)
Years Club
 Scoil Uí Chonaill
Club titles
Dublin titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1958–1964
 Dublin
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 1
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0

Lawrence J. J. Shannon (born 1936[1]) is an Irish former hurler. At club level, he played with Scoil Uí Chonaill and at inter-county level was a member of the Dublin senior hurling team.

Playing career

Shannon first played hurling to a high standard as a student at O'Connell School and lined out in the Leinster Colleges SHC. At club level, he played with Scoil Uí Chonaill and was part of the team that won the Dublin JHC title in 1958, before claiming the Dublin IHC in 1959.[2]

At inter-county level, Shannon first played for Dublin at minor level and was a substitute when the team beat Tipperary in the 1954 All-Ireland minor final. He later spent two years with the junior team. Shannon made his senior team debut in the Walsh Cup in 1958. He won a Leinster SHC medal in 1961 following Dublin's first provincial success in nine years..[3] Shannon was at wing-forward when Dublin were beaten by Tipperary in the 1961 All-Ireland final.[4][5]

Shannon also earned selection to the Leinster inter-provincial team. He won a Railway Cup medal in 1962 following Leinster's 1-11 to 1-09 defeat of Munster in the final.[6]

Honours

Scoil Uí Chonaill
Dublin
Leinster

References

  1. ^ "Meet the Dublin boys!". Irish Press. 30 August 1961. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Scoil Uí Chonaill's welcoming home is a real treasure". Irish Independent. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Leinster Senior Hurling Finalists" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  4. ^ Diarmuid, O'Flynn (20 May 2011). "What might have been..." Irish Examiner. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Our hurling heroes of 1961 return to Parnell Park". Irish Independent. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Leinster Railway Cup Winning Teams" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
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