THE NO. 3 POSITION ON HURLING’S ‘TEAM OF THE CENTURY’ AND ‘TEAM OF  

THE MILLENNIUM.’

THE MAN FROM KILLEEN, GRAIGNAMANAGH WON AN ALL-IRELAND JUNIOR HURLING  

TITLE WITH KILKENNY IN 1946 AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR WAS A SUBSTITUTE  

ON THE TEAM WHICH BEAT CORK IN THE ALL-IRELAND SENIOR FINAL.

BORN INTO A FARMING FAMILY ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1925 THE GRAIG NATIVE WENT  

ON TO BECOME THE GREATEST FULL BACK IN HURLING HISTORY.

HE WAS ONE OF FOUR BROTHERS WHO PLAYED WITH THE LOCAL BRANDON ROVERS  

CLUB – A FORERUNNER OF GRAIGNAMANGH GAA CLUB.

HAVING SET UP BUSINESS IN ENNISCORTHY SOON AFTER THE 1947 ALL- 

IRELAND, NICK THREW IN HIS LOT WITH HIS ADOPTED WEXFORD, PLAYING WITH  

THE LOCAL ST. AIDAN’S CLUB.

NICK WENT TO WIN SENIOR ALL-IRELAND MEDALS WITH THE MODEL COUNTY IN  

1955,’56 AND ’60.

SADLY NICK PASSED AWAY IN 1988 – LEAVING BEHIND A TREMENDOUS LEGACY  

AS A FEARLESS, SKILFUL AND SPORTING PLAYER AND THE GREATEST NO. 3 TO 

EVER GRACE THE GAME OF HURLING.

ALTHOUGH HE NEVER WORE THE COLOURS OF THE GRAIG CLUB HE IS REMEMBERED  

WITH GREAT AFFECTION IN HIS NATIVE AREA.