Rory Hanniffy

Rory Hanniffy, born in 1982 in Birr, County Offaly, is an Irish hurler who played as a centre-back for the Offaly senior team. He first played competitive hurling at Birr Community School, joined the Offaly minor team at seventeen and later the under-21 side, and made his senior debut in the 2001 National Hurling League. He enjoyed a lengthy career with Offaly, winning two National League Division 2 medals, and as a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team won six Railway Cup medals. At club level he is a two-time All-Ireland medallist with Birr, who also won three Leinster medals and six championship medals. He made 45 championship appearances before announcing his retirement from inter-county hurling on 12 November 2014. His father Declan and his brothers also played with Offaly, and he was honoured by former colleagues at a dinner in Dublin on 9 June 2023.