Kenneth Patrick O'Shea (born 23 March 1976) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Dunnamaggin and was also a member of the Kilkenny senior hurling team. He usually lined out in the forwards.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Right corner-forward | ||
| Born |
23 March 1976 Dunnamaggin, County Kilkenny, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Occupation | Software engineer | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
|
Dunnamaggin Kilmoganny | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Kilkenny titles | 1 | 1 | |
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1996-2000 | Kilkenny | 10 (6-02) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Career
editO'Shea first came to prominence at juvenile and underage levels with the Dunnamaggin club before quickly joining the club's top adult team. After consecutive junior and intermediate successes, he went on to win a County Senior Championship title in 1997.[2] O'Shea first appeared on the inter-county scene with the Kilkenny minor team that won the Leinster Minor Championship in 1994. He enjoyed an unsuccessful tenure with the Kilkenny under-21 team and was on the Kilkenny junior team that lost the 1996 All-Ireland final to Galway. O'Shea was drafted onto the Kilkenny senior hurling team in 1996 and was at right corner-forward when the team lost consecutive All-Ireland finals to Offaly in 1998 and Cork in 1999.[3][4]
Honours
edit- Dunnamaggin
- Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship: 1997
- Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship: 1995, 2000
- Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship: 1994
- Kilkenny Under-21 Hurling Championship: 1995, 1996
- Kilkenny Minor Hurling Championship: 1993
- Kilkenny
References
edit- ^ "Kilkenny's Ken O'Shea". Hogan Stand. 22 May 1998. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Dunnamaggin are superb". Irish Times. 13 October 1997. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ McGee, Eugene (14 September 1998). "Offaly silence the `back door' knockers". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Championship Flashback: All-Ireland SHC final, September 1999". Irish Independent. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2021.