Willie Meagher

Willie Meagher, born William Joseph Meagher and living from 30 August 1895 to 19 June 1957, was an Irish hurler who played as a right corner-back for the Kilkenny senior team. He made his first appearance for Kilkenny during the 1918 championship and was a regular player for much of the next decade, winning two Leinster medals, though an All-Ireland winners' medal eluded him. He enjoyed a successful club career with Tullaroan, winning four county championship medals. He was a member of a famous Gaelic games dynasty: his father, Henry J. Meagher, was said to have attended the inaugural meeting of the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1884, his brothers Frank and Henry both played with Kilkenny throughout the 1920s, and a third brother, Lory, won eight Leinster and three All-Ireland titles in the 1920s and 1930s.