Henry Meagher

Henry Meagher, born Henry Joseph Meagher and living from 6 October 1902 to October 1982, was an Irish hurler who played as a full-forward for the Kilkenny senior team. He made his first appearance for Kilkenny during the 1926 championship and was a regular for just two championship seasons, winning two Leinster medals. At club level he enjoyed a successful career with Tullaroan but also lined out with their arch-rivals Mooncoin, winning one county club championship medal, and he won a Railway Cup medal as a member of the inaugural Leinster inter-provincial team. He belonged to an extended Gaelic games dynasty: his father, Henry J. Meagher, was said to have attended the inaugural meeting of the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1884, his brothers Frank and Willie both played with Kilkenny in the 1920s, and a third brother, Lory, won eight Leinster and three All-Ireland titles in the 1920s and 1930s.