Mick Gill
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Mícheál Mac an Ghaill | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Right wing-back | ||
Born |
Ballinderreen, County Galway, Ireland | 22 September 1899||
Died |
21 September 1980 Phibsborough, Dublin, Ireland | (aged 80)||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Occupation | Garda Síochána | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
1918-1923 1924-1938 |
Ballinderreen Garda | ||
Club titles | |||
Dublin titles | 6 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1922-1923 1924-1930 1931-1938 |
Galway Dublin Galway | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Leinster titles | 4 | ||
All-Irelands | 3 | ||
NHL | 2 |
Michael Gill (22 September 1899 – 21 September 1980) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with Ballinderreen and Garda, and also lined out at inter-county level with Galway and Dublin. Gill is the only player to win two All-Ireland SHC medals in a single year.[1]
Career
Gill first played hurling at club level with the
By that stage, Gill had transferred to the
Gill was selected for the
Gill won a third Leinster SHC title with Dublin in 1928.[4] Later that year he was selected for the Ireland team that beat the United States in the Tailteann Games. Gill added a National Hurling League medal to his collection in 1929. He won a fourth Leinster SHC medal a year later, however, Dublin were later beaten by Tipperary in the 1930 All-Ireland final.
Gill declared for Galway in 1931 and claimed a second National League title that year. He continued to line out with Galway, and also played with Conancht, until his retirement from hurling in 1938.
Personal life and death
Gill trained as a member of the
Gill died at the Mater Hospital on 21 September 1980, just one day short of his 81st birthday and just two weeks after the Galway hurlers bridged a 57-year gap to capture their second All-Ireland title.[7]
Honours
- Garda
- Dublin Senior Hurling Championship: 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931
- Galway
- Dublin
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: 1924, 1927 (c)
- Leinster Senior Hurling Championship: 1924, 1927 (c), 1928, 1930
- National Hurling League: 1928–29
- Leinster
- Railway Cup: 1927
References
- ^ "Hurling". Ballinderreen GAA website. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Galway GAA legend's All Ireland medals to go up for auction". Galway Bay FM website. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ Ryan, Larry (2 September 2016). "Michael Cleary: We almost felt we were playing for two All-Irelands". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Leinster Senior Hurling Finalists" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Two Garda greats". Irish Independent. 31 March 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "A salute to the greatest gardaí in Irish sport". The 42. 24 March 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Mick Gill, Galway and Dublin". Finbarr J. Connolly website. Retrieved 13 July 2023.