Sylvie Linnane

Sylvie Linnane, born Sylvester Linnane on 29 December 1956 in Gort, County Galway, is an Irish retired hurler and three-time All-Star winner who played as a right corner-back for the Galway senior team. He joined the Galway minor team at sixteen and later the under-21 team, made his senior debut in the 1976 championship and played a key role for Galway for over a decade, winning three All-Ireland medals and two National Hurling League medals, with four All-Ireland runner-up finishes. He won four Railway Cup medals with Connacht, and at club level is a two-time Connacht medallist with Gort who also won two championship medals. He made 28 championship appearances before retiring after the 1989 championship and is widely regarded as one of Galway's greatest hurlers, chosen at right corner-back on the Galway Hurling Team of the Millennium.