Jimmy Phelan (hurler)

Jimmy Phelan, who lived from 6 April 1917 to 5 January 2006, was an Irish hurler from Ballyragget, County Kilkenny, who played as a left corner-forward for the Kilkenny senior team. He first played hurling at Mount Sion CBS, joined the Waterford minor team at sixteen and made his senior debut for Kilkenny in the 1939 championship. His senior career was brief but successful, winning one All-Ireland medal and two Leinster medals, with one All-Ireland runner-up finish, and he won one Railway Cup medal with Leinster in 1941. He made eight championship appearances and retired after a defeat by Dublin in the 1942 championship. As a coach he guided Carlow to All-Ireland success at junior level in 1960 and intermediate level in 1962.