Seán Silke

Seán Silke
Personal information
Irish name	Seán Ó Síoda
Sport	Hurling
Position	Centre-back
Born	(1950-09-27) 27 September 1950 Meelick, County Galway, Ireland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Occupation	Personnel officer
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Meelick-Eyrecourt
Club titles
Galway titles	0
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1972-1984	Galway	27 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands	1
NHL	1
All Stars	2
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 21:05, 4 February 2014.

Seán Silke (born 27 September 1950) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a centre-back for the Galway senior team.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Born in Meelick, County Galway, Silke first excelled at hurling in his youth. He made his first impression on the inter-county scene when he made his senior debut during the 1971-72 National Hurling League. Silke went on to play a key role for Galway for over a decade, and won one All-Ireland medal and one National Hurling League medal. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on three occasions.

As a member of the Connacht inter-provincial team at various times throughout his career, Silke won two Railway Cup medal. At club level he played with Meelick-Eyrecourt, winning junior and intermediate championship medals.

With St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, Silke won two Fitzgibbon Cup medals, the only time the college has been successful in the competition.

Throughout his career Silke made 27 championship appearances for Galway. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1984 championship.

Silke is widely regarded as one of Galway's greatest-ever hurlers. He has often been voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at centre-back on the Galway Hurling Team of the Millennium and on the Fitzgibbon Cup Team of the Century.^[4]

In retirement from playing, Silke became involved in team management and coaching. He has served as a selector with the Galway senior team, as well as manager of the Galway junior team and the Ireland hurling-shinty team.

Honours

Player

St Patrick's College, Maynooth

Fitzgibbon Cup (2): 1972-73, 1973–74

Galway

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1980
National Hurling League (1): 1974-75

Connacht

Railway Cup (2): 1980, 1982

Manager

Galway

National Hurling League (1): 2004

Individual

Awards

All-Star (2): 1975, 1980

References

↑ "Seán Silke". Hurling Stats website. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
↑ "The men who changed the face of Galway hurling". Irish Independent. 7 September 2005. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
↑ "Galway’s Smooth Seán Silke". Hogan Stand website. 2 September 1994. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
↑ "Three Galway players on the Fitzgibbon Cup team of the century". Galway Advertiser. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2014.

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Galway – 1975 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 M. Conneely 2 N. McInerney 3 J. Clarke 4 P. Lally 5 J. McDonagh 6 S. Silke 7 I. Clarke 8 S. Murphy 9 J. Connolly (c) 10 G. Coone 11 F. Burke 12 P. J. Molloy 13 M. Barrett 14 P. J. Qualter 15 P. Fahy Used subs M. Connolly for M. Barrett T. Murphy for P. Lally S. Grealish for S. Murphy Unused subs M. Hannify P. Ryan V. Mullins T. Ryan L. Bohan J. Faul

Galway – 1979 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 S. Shinnors 2 N. McInerney 3 C. Hayes 4 A. Fenton 5 J. McDonagh (c) 6 S. Silke 7 I. Clarke 8 John Connolly 9 S. Mahon 10 B. Forde 11 F. Burke 12 Joe Connolly 13 P. J. Molloy 14 N. Lane 15 F. Gantley Subs used S. Linnane for B. Forde M. Whelan for F. Burke Manager M. Keating

Galway – 1980 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (2nd title)

1 M. Conneely 2 C. Hayes 3 N. McInerney 4 J. Cooney 5 S. Linnane 6 S. Silke 7 S. Coen 8 M. Connolly 9 S. Mahon 10 F. Burke 11 Joe Connolly (c) 12 P. J. Molloy 13 B. Forde 14 John Connolly 15 N. Lane Subs used 19 F. Gantley for M. Connolly 20 J. Ryan for P. J. Molloy Subs not used 16 M. King 17 J. McDonagh 18 G. Glynn 21 P. Connolly 22 M. Mulkerrins Manager C. Farrell

Galway – 1981 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 M. Conneely 2 S. Coen 3 N. McInerney 4 J. Cooney 5 S. Linnane 6 S. Silke (c) 7 I. Clarke 8 M. Connolly 9 S. Mahon 10 F. Gantley 11 Joe Connolly 12 P. J. Molloy 13 B. Forde 14 John Connolly 15 N. Lane Subs used 21 F. Burke for F. Gantley 17 P. Ryan B. Forde Subs not used 16 M. King 19 B. Lynskey 19 J. Ryan 20 P. Piggott Manager J. McDonagh

Galway – 2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

Subs used: 24 K. Broderick for N. Healy; 26 K. Hayes for Forde

Subs not used: 16 P. Dullaghan; 17 C. Coen; 18 D. Donoghue; 19 L. Hodgins; 20 G. Mahon; 21 D. Hayes; 22 A. Coen; 23 A. Callanan; 25 A. Smith; 27 N. Kenny; 28 T. Tierney

Manager: C. Hayes

Selectors: S. Coen; G. Dempsey; P. Piggott

Coach: S. Silke

1975 All-Star Hurling Team

1 N. Skehan 2 N. McInerney 3 P. Hartigan 4 B. Cody 5 T. O'Connor 6 S. Silke 7 I. Clarke 8 L. O'Brien 9 G. McCarthy 10 M. Quigley 11 J. McKenna 12 E. Grimes 13 M. Brennan 14 K. Purcell 15 E. Keher

1980 All-Star Hurling Team

1 P. McLoughney 2 N. McInerney 3 L. Enright 4 J. Cooney 5 D. McCurtain 6 S. Silke 7 I. Clarke 8 J. Kelly 9 M. Walsh 10 J. Connolly 11 P. Horgan 12 P. Carroll 13 B. Forde 14 J. McKenna 15 E. Cregan

Galway – Hurling Team of the Millennium (2000)

Goalkeeper Seánie Duggan Full-backs Sylvie Linnane Conor Hayes Mick Derivan Half-backs Pete Finnerty Seán Silke Iggy Clarke Midfielders Joe Salmon Paddy Gantly Half-forwards Mick King Joe Cooney P. J. Molloy Full-forwards Josie Gallagher John Connolly Noel Lane

Ireland composite rules team 2006 Composite Rules Shinty-Hurling Series

Team:	1 G. Clarke 2 G. Bermingham 3 D. Coulter 4 C. Cunniffe 5 K. Divilly; 6 P. Gannon 7 A. Gaul 8 J. Glancy 9 J. Griffin 10 M. Kettle 11 T. Lennon 12 P. McCormack 13 K. McGarry 14 R. Mulry

Subs:	M. O'Neill P. Reidy G. Savage D. Shaw

Coach:	S. Silke

(Team at 5 November 2006 versus Scotland)

Fitzgibbon Cup Team of the Century

Tommy Daly Séamus Hickey Niall McInerney John Grainger Seán Silke Ted Carroll Éamonn Corcoran Paul O'Connor Jim Hurley Henry Downey John O'Halloran Pat Henchy Nicky English Joe Canning Henry Shefflin

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