Shem Downey

James "Shem" Downey
Personal information
Irish name	Séamus Ó Dúnaigh
Sport	Hurling
Position	Midfield
Born	(1922-01-05)5 January 1922 Conahy, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Died	22 December 2013(2013-12-22) (aged 91) Ballyraggett, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Occupation	Butcher
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Tullaroan
Club titles
Kilkenny titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1946-1954	Kilkenny
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	3
All-Irelands	1
NHL	0

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 excelled at hurling in his youth. He 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.

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.

His retirement came following Kilkenny's defeat by Wexford in the 1954 championship.

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.

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

↑ Matthews, Sam (23 December 2013). "Former Kilkenny and Tullaroan hurler Shem Downey has died aged 91". Kilkenny People. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
↑ "Kilkenny GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
↑ "Leinster Senior Hurling Finalists" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 8 May 2012.

Shem Downey navigation boxes

Kilkenny – 1939 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship runners-up

1 G. Roberts 2 K. Grogan 3 J. Murphy 4 N. Quinlan 5 M. Holden 6 P. O'Neill 7 J. Walsh 8 R. Dowling 9 A. Murray 10 M. Andrews 11 K. Ruth 12 M. Walsh 13 S. Downey 14 P. O'Brien 15 S. Kelly

Kilkenny - 1946 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 J. Donegan 2 P. Grace 3 M. Butler 4 B. Walsh 5 J. Kelly 6 S. Downey 7 J. Mulcahy (c) 8 D. Kennedy 9 T. Leahy 10 J. Gargan 11 J. Langton 12 L. Reidy 13 T. Walton 14 S. O'Brien 15 P. O'Brien Subs T. Murphy M. Kelly

Part Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p85. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill. 2008. Accessed 17 July 2010.

Kilkenny - 1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (13th title)

1 J. Donegan 2 P. Grace 3 P. Hayden 4 M. Marnell 5 J. Kelly 6 P. Prendergast 7 J. Mulcahy 8 D. Kennedy (c) 9 J. Heffernan 10 T. Walton 11 T. Leahy 12 J. Langton 13 S. Downey 14 W. Cahill 15 L. Reidy Sub used 21 N. Kavanagh for P. Prendergast Subs not used 16 P. O'Brien 17 N. O'Donnell 18 P. Lennon 19 T. Murphy 20 J. Egan 22 B. Walsh

Part Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p85. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill. 2008. Accessed 17 July 2010.

Kilkenny - 1950 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 R. Dowling 2 J. Hogan 3 P. Hayden 4 M. Marnell 5 J. Kelly 6 P. Prendergast 7 B. Walsh 8 D. Kennedy 9 S. Downey 10 J. Heffernan 11 M. Kenny (c) 12 J. Langton 13 W. Costigan 14 J. Mulcahy 15 L. Reidy Sub used 21 T. Walton for W. Costigan Subs not used 16 P. Buggy 17 J. Keane 18 P. Cleary 19 M. Fripps 20 D. Holohan

Part Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p87. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill. 2011. Accessed 27 April 2013.

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