Jim Cleary
Personal information
Irish name Séamus Ó Cléirigh
Sport Hurling
Position Left wing-forward
Born (1889-09-28)28 September 1889
Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died 5 November 1937(1937-11-05) (aged 48)
Baggot Street, Dublin, Ireland
Occupation Publican
Club(s)
Years Club
 Faughs
Club titles
Dublin titles 8
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
 Dublin
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 4
All-Irelands 2

James Cleary (28 September 1889 - 5 November 1937) was an Irish hurler. His career included two All-Ireland Championship victories with the Dublin senior hurling team.[1]

Playing career

After moving to Dublin at an early age, Cleary joined the Faughs club in Templeogue. He won eight Dublin County Championships with the club between 1910 and 1923.[2] Cleary's success at club level saw him drafted onto the Dublin senior hurling team. He won his first All-Ireland Championship title in the 1917 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, before claiming a second winners' medal in the 1920 Championship. Cleary also won four Leinster Senior Hurling Championship titles in a five-year period between 1917 and 1921.

Personal life and death

Cleary was born just outside Nenagh, County Tipperary, the youngest of nine children of Cornelius and Annie (née Martin). After a brief education he spent his entire working life in Dublin, first as a grocer's assistant and later as a publican. Cleary married Johanna Connolly from Thurles in April 1926 and had two children.

On 5 November 1937, Cleary died aged 48 after suffering a stroke.

Honours

Faughs
Dublin

References

  1. ↑ Rouse, Paul (27 October 2017). "What type of men win an All-Ireland in time of war?". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "Club Titles - Dublin". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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