Phil Larkin

Phil Larkin, known as Fan Larkin and born on 5 October 1941 in Kilkenny, is an Irish former hurler who played as a right corner-back at senior level for the Kilkenny county team. He first played competitive hurling at Kilkenny City Vocational School, joined the Kilkenny minor team at seventeen and made his senior debut in the 1962 to 63 league. In a lengthy career he won five All-Ireland medals, nine Leinster medals and one National Hurling League medal, and was an All-Ireland runner-up three times. With Leinster he won five Railway Cup medals, and with James Stephens he was a two-time All-Ireland club medallist who won two Leinster medals and seven championship medals as a dual player. His father Paddy and his son Philly also enjoyed All-Ireland success with Kilkenny, and he made 35 championship appearances before retiring prior to the 1980 championship.