Sylvie Linnane

Sylvester (Sylvie) Linnane
Personal information
Irish name Sailbheastar Ó Líonnáin
Sport Hurling
Position Right corner-back
Born (1956-12-29) 29 December 1956 (age 67)
Gort, County Galway, Ireland
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Occupation Farmer
Club(s)
Years Club
 Gort
Club titles
Galway titles 2
Connacht titles 2
All-Ireland Titles 3
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
1976–1989
 Galway 28 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands 3
NHL 2
All Stars 3
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 22:33, 30 January 2014.

Sylvester Linnane (born 29 December 1956) is an Irish retired 3 time All-Star winning hurler who played as a right corner-back for the Galway senior team.[1][2][3][4]

Born in Gort, County Galway, Linnane first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Galway minor team, before later joining the under-21 team. He made his senior debut during the 1976 championship. Linnane went on to play a key role for Galway for over a decade, and won three All-Ireland medals and two National Hurling League medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on four occasions.

As a member of the Connacht inter-provincial team, Linnane won four Railway Cup medals. At club level he is a two-time Connacht medallist with Gort. In addition to this he also won two championship medals.

Throughout his career Linnane made 28 championship appearances for Galway. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1989 championship.

Linnane 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 right corner-back on the Galway Hurling Team of the Millennium.

  1. ^ "Sylvie Linnane". Hurling Stats website. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  2. ^ "The men who changed the face of Galway hurling". Irish Independent. 7 September 2005. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Sylvie Linnane: Hurling legend". Galway Independent. 12 December 2012. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  4. ^ "The making of a hurling legend: Sylvie Linnane". Connacht Tribune. 20 August 2013. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.