Seán Hyde

Seán Hyde, born John Francis Hyde and living from 17 April 1897 to 12 April 1977, was an Irish hurler from Ballinhassig who played in various positions for the Cork and Dublin senior teams. Educated at St Finbarr's College, Farranferris, he won the 1914 Cork Junior Cup with the college and in 1915, aged just 17, was called up by Cork to play in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. He subsequently joined the Dublin team and was a regular on the inter-county scene until his retirement after the 1919 championship, winning one All-Ireland medal, two Leinster medals and one Munster medal, with two All-Ireland runner-up finishes. He was heavily involved in intelligence work in the War of Independence and the Civil War as a trusted aide of Michael Collins, and at club level he won three county championship medals with Collegians.