Global InformationLory Meagher information
 Lory Meagher (left) prior to the start of the 1931 All-Ireland final. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Labhraí Ó Meachair | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Midfield | ||
| Born |
25 May 1899 Tullaroan, County Kilkenny, Ireland | ||
| Died |
17 May 1973 (aged 73) Kilkenny, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Nickname | Lory | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Tullaroan | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Kilkenny titles | 5 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1924–1937 | Kilkenny | 39 (8–46) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 8 | ||
| All-Irelands | 3 | ||
| NHL | 1 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 00:59, 1 July 2013. | |||
Lorenzo Ignatius "Lory" Meagher (25 May 1899 – 17 May 1973) was an Irish hurler who played as a midfielder at senior level for the Kilkenny county team.[1]
Born in Tullaroan, County Kilkenny, Meagher arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-four when he first linked up with the Kilkenny senior team. He made his debut in the 1924 championship. Meagher went on to play a key part for more than a decade, and won three All-Ireland medals, eight Leinster medals and one National Hurling League medal. An All-Ireland runner-up on four occasions, Meagher also captained the team to All-Ireland victory in 1935.
Meagher represented the Leinster inter-provincial team at various times throughout his career, winning two Railway Cup medals in 1927 and 1933. At club level, he won five championship medals with Tullaroan.
Throughout his career, Meagher made 39 championship appearances for Kilkenny. His retirement came following Kilkenny's defeat by Tipperary in the 1937 championship.
His brothers, Frank, Willie and Henry, all played with distinction with Kilkenny.
Meagher has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of hurling's greatest players, including as midfield partner to Jack Lynch on the Hurling Team of the Century in 1984 and the Hurling Team of the Millennium in 2000.
- ^ "Lory Meagher". Séamus J. King website. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2013.