Canice Hickey

Canice Hickey is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Dunnamaggin a member of the Kilkenny senior hurling team. He usually lined out as a full-back. Hickey's elder brothers Tom and Noel, also lined out at club and inter-county levels.^[1]

Canice Hickey

Personal information
Irish name	Cainneach Ó hÍcí
Sport	Hurling
Position	Full-back
Born	Dunamaggin, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Occupation	Secondary school teacher
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Dunnamaggin Kilmoganny
Club titles
	Football	Hurling
Kilkenny titles	1	1
Colleges(s)
Years	College
	University College Cork
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles	0
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2004-2010	Kilkenny	4 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	4
All-Irelands	3
NHL	1
All Stars	0

Career

Hickey first came to prominence at juvenile and underage levels with the Dunnamaggin club before eventually joining the club's top adult team. He just graduated from the minor grade when he won a County Intermediate Championship title in 2000. Hickey first appeared in inter-county scene as part of the Kilkenny minor team that lost the 1998 All-Ireland final to Cork. After three years with minor side he progressed onto the under-21 team and won an All-Ireland Under-21 Championship title in his final game in the grade in 2003.^[2] Hickey was part of the Kilkenny senior hurling team during the pre-season Walsh Cup in 2004, was released from the panel shortly after but was recalled in 2007.^[3] He would go on to line out as a substitute in four successive All-Ireland finals, winning three successive titles against Limerick in 2007, Waterford in 2008 and Tipperary in 2009.^[4][5][6] Hickey's other honours as a substitute include a National League title and four successive Leinster Championship medals.

Honours

Dunnamaggin

• Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship: 2000
• Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship: 1997
• Kilkenny Senior Football Championship: 2000

Kilkenny

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: 2007, 2008, 2009
• Leinster Senior Hurling Championship: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
• National Hurling League: 2009
• All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship: 2003
• Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship: 2003
• Leinster Minor Hurling Championship: 1998, 1999