Christy Heffernan

Christy Heffernan, born on 26 December 1957 in Glenmore, County Kilkenny, is an Irish retired hurler who played as a full-forward for the Kilkenny senior team and is regarded as one of Kilkenny's all-time greatest players. He joined the Kilkenny senior team at twenty-two and made his senior debut in the 1981 championship, going on to play a key part for Kilkenny and win four All-Ireland medals, seven Leinster medals and four National Hurling League medals, with two All-Ireland runner-up finishes. He won one Railway Cup medal with Leinster in 1989, and with Glenmore he is a one-time All-Ireland medallist who also won two Leinster medals and five championship medals. He captained the Glenmore senior football team to the 1989 county final and won man of the match. He won one All-Star award, was chosen at full-forward on the Kilkenny Hurling Team of the Century and retired after the 1993 championship.