Global InformationHurling Team of the Millennium information
The An Post GAA Hurling Team of the Millennium was chosen in 2000 to comprise, as a fifteen-member side divided as one goalkeeper, three full-backs, three half-backs, two midfielders, three half-forwards and three full-forwards, the best hurling team of all-time.[1]
The team, announced by GAA President Seán McCague on 24 July 2000 at a special function in Croke Park, was selected by a special committee, comprising five past GAA presidents - Joe McDonagh, Con Murphy, Paddy Buggy, Pat Fanning and Séamus Ó Riain - as well as GAA director-general Liam Mulvihill and four Gaelic games journalists: Paddy Downey, Mick Dunne, Seán Óg Ó Ceallacháin and Jim O'Sullivan.
The initiative was sponsored by An Post, who issued special commemorative stamps of the millennium team members.[2]
| Position | Player | County team | Club team(s) | Team Number | All-Ireland SHC, NHL, All-Stars and other awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Tony Reddin |  Tipperary(1947–1957) |
Mullagh Lorrha |
1 | All-Ireland SHC (1949, 1950, 1951) Munster SHC (1949, 1950, 1951) National Hurling League (1949, 1950, 1952, 1954) |
| Right corner-back | John Doyle | Tipperary (1949–1967) |
Holycross-Ballycahill | 2 | All-Ireland SHC (1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965) Munster SHC (1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967) National Hurling League (1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965) |
| Full-back | Nick O'Donnell |  Wexford(1951–1962) |
St Aidan's | 3 | All-Ireland SHC (1955, 1956, 1960) |
| Left corner-back | Bobby Rackard | Wexford (1945–1957) |
Rathnure | 4 | All-Ireland SHC (1955, 1956) Leinster SHC (1951, 1954, 1955, 1956) National Hurling League (1956) |
| Right wing-back | Paddy Phelan |  Kilkenny(1931–1940) |
Tullaroan | 5 | All-Ireland SHC (1932, 1933, 1935, 1939) Leinster SHC (1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940) National Hurling League (1933) |
| Centre-back | John Keane |  Waterford(1935–1951) |
Mount Sion | 6 | All-Ireland SHC (1948) Munster SHC (1938,1948) |
| Left wing-back | Brian Whelahan |  Offaly(1989–2006) |
Birr | 7 | All-Ireland SHC (1994, 1998) Leinster SHC (1989, 1990, 1994, 1995) National Hurling League (1991) Texaco Hurler of the Year (1994, 1998) All-Star Awards (1992, 1995, 1998, 1999) |
| Midfield | Jack Lynch |  Cork(1936–1950) |
Glen Rovers | 8 | All-Ireland SHC (1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946) Munster SHC (1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947) National Hurling League (1940, 1941, 1948) GAA All-Time All Star Award (1981) |
| Midfield | Lory Meagher | Kilkenny (1924–1936) |
Tullaroan | 9 | All-Ireland SHC (1932, 1933, 1935) Leinster SHC (1925, 1926, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935) National Hurling League (1933) |
| Right wing-forward | Christy Ring | Cork (1940–1962) |
Glen Rovers | 10 | All-Ireland SHC (1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1952, 1953, 1954) Munster SHC (1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956) National Hurling League (1940, 1941, 1953) |
| Centre-forward | Mick Mackey |  Limerick(1930–1946) |
Ahane | 11 | All-Ireland SHC (1934, 1936, 1940) Munster SHC (1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940) National Hurling League (1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938) GAA All-Time All Star Award (1980) |
| Left wing-forward | Jim Langton | Kilkenny (1939–1950) |
Éire Óg | 12 | All-Ireland SHC (1939, 1947) Leinster SHC (1939, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950) GAA All-Time All Star Award (1984) |
| Left corner-forward | Eddie Keher | Kilkenny (1959–1977) |
Rower-Inistioge | 13 | All-Ireland SHC (1963, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975) Leinster SHC (1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975) National Hurling League (1962, 1976) Texaco Hurler of the Year (1972) Cú Chulainn Awards (1963, 1966, 1967, 1969) All-Star Awards (1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975) |
| Full-forward | Ray Cummins | Cork (1969–1982) |
Blackrock | 14 | All-Ireland SHC (1970, 1976, 1977, 1978) Munster SHC (1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982) National Hurling League (1970, 1972, 1980) All-Ireland Club SHC (1974, 1979) Munster Club SHC (1973, 1975, 1978, 1979) All-Star Hurling Awards (1971, 1972, 1977) All-Ireland SFC (1973) Munster SFC (1971, 1973, 1974) All-Star Football Awards (1971, 1973) |
| Right corner-forward | Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary (1957–1973) |
Thurles Sarsfields | 15 | All-Ireland SHC (1958, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1971) Munster SHC (1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1971) National Hurling League (1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965) |
- ^ "An Post GAA Hurling Team of the Millennium". Hogan Stand website. 25 July 2000. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ "Conspiracies and legends in the cold - the controversial Hurling Team of the Millennium". The42.ie. 5 July 2020.