Mick Burns (hurler)

Mick Burns (1937 – 22 February 2023) was an Irish hurler who played for his local club Nenagh Éire Óg and was a member of the Tipperary senior inter-county team in the 1950s and 1960s.

Career

Burns was born in Nenagh, County Tipperary. He won five All-Ireland titles and eight Munster titles with Tipperary between 1958 and 1968. He won two North Tipperary Senior Hurling Championships with Éire Óg in 1957 and as captain in 1964.

Death

Burns died on 22 February 2023, at the age of 85.

Honours

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (5): 1958, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965
• Munster Senior Hurling Championship (8): 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968
• National Hurling League (6): 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1967–68
• Oireachtas Cup (4): 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964
• All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship (1): 1955
• Munster Minor Hurling Championship (2): 1954, 1955

• Railway Cup (1): 1963

• North Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1957, 1964 (c)
• North Tipperary Minor A Hurling Championship (3): 1951, 1953, 1955

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