Shem Downey
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Hiberno-English Script error: No such module "infobox3cols".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". James "Shem" Downey (5 January 1922 – 22 December 2013) was an Irish hurler who played as a midfielder for the Kilkenny senior team.[1]
Born in Conahy, County Kilkenny, Downey first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Kilkenny minor team. He made his senior debut in the 1946 championship. Downey went on to play a key part for Kilkenny over the following eight years, and won one All-Ireland medal and three Leinster medals.[2][3] He was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Downey was a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions throughout his career, however, he never won a Railway Cup medal. At club level he won one championship medal with Tullaroan.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
His retirement came following Kilkenny's defeat by Wexford in the 1954 championship.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Downey's daughters, Angela and Ann, are regarded as two of the greatest camogie players of all-time, and won twelve All-Ireland medals with Kilkenny.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Honours
Team
- Tullaroan
- Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1948
- Kilkenny
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1947
- Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (7): 1947, 1950, 1953
- Leinster Minor Hurling Championship (1): 1939
References
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