Nicky Orr

Nicky Orr
Personal information
Sport	Hurling
Position	Full-back
Born	1947 Johnstown, County Kilkenny
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
1960s-1980s	Fenians
Club titles
Kilkenny titles	5
Leinster titles	1
All-Ireland Titles	0
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1971-1976	Kilkenny	13 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	3
All-Irelands	2
NHL	1
All Stars	0

Nicholas 'Nicky' Orr (born 1947) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a full-back for the Kilkenny senior team from 1971 until 1976.

Orr joined the Kilkenny team during the 1971 championship and became a regular player over subsequent seasons. During that time he won two All-Ireland winner's medals, three Leinster winner's medals and one National League winner's medal. In 1974 Orr captained the team to the All-Ireland title.

At club level Orr is Leinster medalist with Fenians. In addition to this he has also won five county club championship winners' medals.

Playing career

Club

Orr played his club hurling with the newly formed Fenians club in Johnstown. In 1970, he played a key role in helping the club to win its first senior county title.^[1] Orr and the Fenians contested a total of eight senior county finals between 1969 and 1978, with victories also coming in 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1977. Orr also won a Leinster club title in 1974.

Inter-county

Orr first came to prominence as a member of the Kilkenny senior hurling team in 1973. That year, he won his first Leinster title, however, Kilkenny later lost the All-Ireland final to Limerick. In 1974, Orr was appointed captain of the Kilkenny senior hurling team and he quickly added a second Leinster medal to his collection. ‘The Cats’ later gained revenge on Limerick by defeating them in the championship decider, giving Orr is first All-Ireland medal. In 1975, Kilkenny completed a two-in-a-row, giving Delaney his third Leinster medal and his second All-Ireland medal following a victory over surprise finalists Galway. 1976 finally saw Kilkenny beaten in the Leinster Championship, however, Orr did win a National Hurling League title at the start of the year. His inter-county hurling career came to an end shortly afterwards.

References

↑ Sporting honour for a Maher-vellous man, Kilkenny People (May 20, 1999) (listing Orr among those on the Fenians team that lost the 1969 title and won in 1970)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Pat Delaney	Kilkenny Senior Hurling Captain 1974	Succeeded by Billy Fitzpatrick
Achievements
Preceded by Éamonn Grimes (Limerick)	All-Ireland Senior Hurling winning captain 1974	Succeeded by Billy Fitzpatrick (Kilkenny)

Teams

Fenians - 1975 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship runners-up

1 P. J. Ryan 2 S. Delaney 3 N. Orr 4 M. Fitzpatrick 5 G. Murphy 6 P. Henderson 7 G. Henderson 8 F. Hawkes 9 M. Garrett 10 J. Moriarty 11 P. Delaney 12 J. Ryan 13 B. Fitzpatrick 14 B. Watson 15 P. Fitzpatrick Sub used P. Murphy for F. Hawkes

Kilkenny - 1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 O. Walsh 2 P. Larkin 3 P. Dillon 4 J. Treacy 5 W. Murphy 6 P. Henderson (c) 7 M. Coogan 8 F. Cummins 9 P. Lawlor 10 M. Murphy 11 P. Delaney 12 E. Keher 13 M. Brennan 14 K. Purcell 15 N. Byrne Subs used P. Cullen for M. Brennan T. Carroll for P. Larkin P. Moran for W. Murphy Subs not used N. Skehan M. Lawler J. Moriarty N. Orr S. Leahy Trainer Fr. Tommy Maher

Part Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p86. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill. 2008. Accessed 17 July 2010.

Kilkenny - 1972 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (18th title)

1 N. Skehan (c) 2 P. Larkin 3 P. Dillon 4 J. Treacy 5 P. Lawlor 6 P. Henderson 7 É. Morrissey 8 F. Cummins 9 L. O'Brien 10 M. Crotty 11 P. Delaney 12 J. Kinsella 13 N. Byrne 14 K. Purcell 15 E. Keher Subs used M. Murphy for N. Byrne M. Coogan for P. Larkin P. Moran for J. Kinsella Subs not used O. Walsh S. Cooke N. Orr W. Murphy Trainer Fr. Tommy Maher

Part Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p86. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill, 2008. Accessed 17 July 2010.

Kilkenny - 1973 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 O. Walsh 2 P. Larkin 3 N. Orr 4 P. Cullen 5 P. Lawlor 6 P. Henderson 7 B. Cody 8 F. Cummins 9 L. O'Brien 10 C. Dunne 11 P. Delaney (c) 12 P. Broderick 13 M. Crotty 14 J. Lynch 15 M. Brennan Subs used K. Purcell for P. Broderick B. Harte for F. Cummins J. Kinsella for J. Lynch Subs not used M. Moore P. Dillon M. Coogan S. Cooke M. Fitzpatrick P. Kavanagh Trainer Fr. T. Maher

Part Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p86. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill. 2008. Accessed 17 July 2010.

Kilkenny - 1974 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (19th title)

1 N. Skehan 2 P. Larkin 3 N. Orr (c) 4 J. Treacy 5 P. Lawlor 6 P. Henderson 7 T. McCormack 8 L. O'Brien 9 F. Cummins 10 M. Crotty 11 P. Delaney 12 B. Fitzpatrick 13 M. Brennan 14 K. Purcell 15 E. Keher Subs not used P. J. Ryan G. Murphy N. Brennan B. Cody S. Delaney D. McNamara G. Fennelly B. Harte G. Henderson Trainer Fr. Tommy Maher

Part Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p86. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill. 2008. Accessed 17 July 2010.

Kilkenny - 1975 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (20th title)

1 N. Skehan 2 P. Larkin 3 N. Orr 4 B. Cody 5 P. Lawlor 6 P. Henderson 7 T. McCormack 8 L. O'Brien 9 F. Cummins 10 M. Crotty 11 P. Delaney 12 B. Fitzpatrick (c) 13 M. Brennan 14 K. Purcell 15 E. Keher Subs not used P. J. Ryan G. Fennelly G. Henderson M. Ruth N. Brennan J. Treacy Trainer Fr. Tommy Maher

Part Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p86. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill. 2008. Accessed 17 July 2010.

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