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Place of Birth: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
About Joe Hennessy
- Joseph Patrick "Joe" Hennessy (born 17 January 1956) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right wing-back for the Kilkenny senior team.Born in Kilkenny, Hennessy first played competitive hurling during his schooling at CBS Kilkenny.
- He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Kilkenny minor team before later joining the under-21 side.
- He made his senior debut during the 1976 championship.
- Hennessy immediately became a regular member of the team and won three All-Ireland medals, six Leinster medals and two National Hurling League medals.
- He was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions Hennessy won one Railway Cup medal.
- At club level he is a two-time All-Ireland medallist with James Stephens.
- In addition to this Hennessy has also won two Leinster medals and three championship medals. His father, Paddy Hennessy, also played with Kilkenny. Throughout his career Hennessy made 32 championship appearances.
- His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1987-88 league. Hennessy is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers of all time.
- During his playing days he won five All-Star awards.
- He has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at right wing-back on the Kilkenny Hurling Team of the Century and the Club Hurling Silver Jubilee Team.
- Hennessy was also chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all-time in a 2009 poll.
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