South Liberties Hurlers - Eamonn Grimes, Pat Hartigan, Joe McKenna (Paperback)

Chapters: Eamonn Grimes, Pat Hartigan, Joe Mckenna. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Eamonn Grimes (born 1947 in Donoughmore, County Limerick) is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club South Liberties and with the Limerick senior inter-county team from 1966 until 1982. Grimes captained Limerick to the All-Ireland title in 1973. Eamonn Grimes was born in Donoughmore, County Limerick in 1947. From an early age he showed great interest in the game of hurling and he was considered a born athlete. He was educated at the local national school and subsequently attended St. Michael's Christian Brothers School in Sexton Street, Limerick, a virtual hurling academy for young talent. It was here that his hurling skills were developed and nurtured. It was here that Grimes won three consecutive Dr. Harty Cup medals with the school in 1964, 1965 and 1966. The 1964 and 1966 provincial wins were subsequently converted into All-Ireland Colleges titles with Grimes captaining the winning team in the latter year. Grimes later worked as a sales representative for Beamish and Crawford. His name re-appeared in sports reports many years later when his friend and fellow member and benefactor of the South Liberties club, J.P. McManus, named his successful racehorse 'Grimes' in his honour. Grimes played his club hurling, along with his brothers Lar, John, Mikey and Joe, with the famous South Liberties club in Limerick. With the club he won four senior county titles in 1972, 1976, 1978 and 1981. Grimes first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Limerick minor hurling team in the early 1960s. He won a Munster title in this grade in 1963 before later lining out in his first championship decider. Wexford provided the opp...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=987968