.jpg) Rea in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Éamonn Ó Riabhaigh | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Full-forward | ||
| Born |
May 1944 Glenroe, County Limerick, Ireland | ||
| Died |
22 November 2021 (aged 77) Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Nickname | Ned | ||
| Occupation | Publican | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
1969–1980 |
Effin Kilmallock Faughs | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Dublin titles | 3 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| University College Cork | |||
| College titles | |||
| Fitzgibbon titles | 2 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1963–1977 | Limerick | 15 (3–08) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Éamonn "Ned" Rea (May 1944 – 22 November 2021) was an Irish hurler who played as a full-forward for the Limerick senior team.[1][2]
Rea joined the team during the 1964 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1974 championship. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal and two Munster medals. Rea was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
At club level Rea was a three-time county club championship medalist with Faughs. He began his career with Effin.
He attended St Munchin's College, Limerick.
His brother, Gerry Rea, was also an inter-county hurler, while his granduncle, Matt Rea, was an All-Ireland medal winner as a Gaelic footballer with Dublin.
- ^ "Éamonn Rea". Hogan Stand website. 5 April 1991. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ^ "Where are they now?: Eamon 'Ned' Rea (Former Limerick hurler)". Irish Independent. 21 November 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2013.