Seán Clohessy

Seán Clohessy, who appears in the source article as Seán Clohosey and lived from 27 October 1931 to 6 October 2019, was an Irish hurler from Tullaroan, County Kilkenny, who played for the club sides Tullaroan and Young Irelands. He played for the Kilkenny senior hurling team for a decade, lining out at left corner-forward, left wing-forward and midfield, after joining the Kilkenny minor team at sixteen and making his senior debut in the 1953 championship. He won two All-Ireland medals, five Leinster medals and one National Hurling League medal, with one All-Ireland runner-up finish, and one Railway Cup medal with Leinster. At club level he was a one-time championship medallist with Tullaroan. He retired following Kilkenny's victory over Waterford in the 1963 All-Ireland final, and his father Pat also had a long career with Kilkenny.