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Mick Burns (hurler)

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Mick Burns
Personal information
Irish name Mícheál Ó Broin
Sport Hurling
Position Right wing-back
Born 1937 (1937)
Nenagh,
County Tipperary, Irish Free State
Died (aged 85)
Nenagh,
County Tipperary, Ireland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Club(s)
Years Club
Nenagh Éire Óg
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1958–1968
Tipperary
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 8
All-Irelands 5
NHL 6

Mick Burns (1937 – 22 February 2023) was an Irish hurler who played for his local club Nenagh Éire Óg and was a member of the Tipperary senior inter-county team in the 1950s and 1960s.

Career

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Burns was born in Nenagh, County Tipperary. He won five All-Ireland titles and eight Munster titles with Tipperary between 1958 and 1968.[1][2] He won two North Tipperary Senior Hurling Championships with Éire Óg in 1957 and as captain in 1964.

Death

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Burns died on 22 February 2023, at the age of 85.[3][4]

Honours

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Tipperary
Munster
Nenagh Éire Óg

References

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  1. ^ "Munster Senior Hurling Final Winners". Munster GAA. Archived from the original on 7 January 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
  2. ^ "Tributes paid after passing of Tipperary All-Ireland hurling winner Mick Burns". The 42. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Tipperary hurling great Mick Burns has died". RTE News. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Mick Burns Nenagh Eire Óg and Tipperary RIP". Tipperary GAA. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023.