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.

Mick Burns

Personal information
Irish name	Mícheál Ó Broin
Sport	Hurling
Position	Right wing-back
Born	1937 (1937) Nenagh, County Tipperary, Irish Free State
Died	22 February 2023 (aged 85) Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Nenagh Éire Óg
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1958–1968	Tipperary
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	8
All-Irelands	5
NHL	6

Career

Burns was born in Nenagh, County Tipperary. He won five All-Ireland titles and eight Munster titles with Tipperary between 1958 and 1968.^[1][2] 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.^[3][4]

Honours

Tipperary

• 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

Munster

• Railway Cup (1): 1963

Nenagh Éire Óg

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