Tommy Leahy

For other people of the same name, see Tom Leahy.

Tommy Leahy
Personal information
Irish name	Tomás Ó Laocha
Sport	Hurling
Position	Centre-forward
Born	1906 Urlingford, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
1920s-1930s	Emeralds
Club titles
Kilkenny titles	0
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1932-1937	Kilkenny
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	5
All-Irelands	3
NHL	1

Thomas 'Tommy' Leahy (born 1906, date of death unknown) was an Irish hurler who played as a centre-forward for the Kilkenny senior team from 1932 until 1937.^[1]

Leahy made his first appearance for the team during the 1932 championship and became a regular player over the next decade. During that time he won three All-Ireland winner's medal, five Leinster winner's medals and a National Hurling League winners' medal.

At club level Leahy enjoyed a lengthy career with the Emeralds club, however, he failed to win a county club championship winners' medal.^[2]

References

↑ "County profile: Kilkenny". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
↑ "Emeralds GAA on KilkennyCats.com". Kilkenny Cats. Retrieved 31 October 2011.

Kilkenny - 1932 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (9th title)

1 J. Dermody 2 P. Larkin 3 P. O'Reilly 4 J. Carroll 5 P. Phelan 6 P. Byrne 7 E. Doyle 8 E. Byrne 9 L. Meagher 10 J. Walsh (c) 11 M. Power 12 T. Leahy 13 D. Dunne 14 M. White 15 M. Power Substitutes 16 B. Dalton 17 P. Dowling 18 J. Duggan 19 J. Fitzpatrick 20 J. Grace 21 B. Kelly 22 J. O'Connell

Part Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p84. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill. 2008. Accessed 17 July 2010.

Kilkenny - 1933 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (10th title)

1 J. Dermody 2 J. Dunne 3 E. Doyle (Capt.) 4 L. Meagher 5 P. Phelan 6 P. Larkin 7 M. White 8 P. O’Reilly 9 P. Byrne 10 J. Walsh 11 J. Fitzpatrick 12 E. Byrne 13 T. Leahy 14 Martin Power 15 Matty Power Subs J. Duggan J. O’Connell

Part Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p84. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill. 2008. Accessed 17 July 2010.

Kilkenny - 1935 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (11th title)

1 J. O’Connell 2 P. Larkin 3 P. O’Reilly 4 P. Blanchfield 5 E. Byrne 6 P. Byrne 7 P. Phelan 8 L. Meagher (c) 9 T. Leahy 10 J. Walsh 11 J. Duggan 12 M. White 13 J. Dunne 14 L. Byrne 15 M. Power Subs used 20 L. Duggan for J. Dunne 13 J. Dunne for L. Duggan Subs not used 16 J. Dermody 17 P. Kealy 18 M. Tyrrell 19 J. Phelan 21 M. Larkin 22 J. Purcell

Part Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p84. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill. 2008. Accessed 17 July 2010.

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