Tony O'Shaughnessy
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Tony O’Shaughnessy was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club St. Finbarr's and with the Cork senior inter-county team in the 1950s.
Born in Cork, O’Shaughnessy had a very successful career at club and inter-county levels. He first came to prominence in 1952 when he won his first Munster title with Cork. O’Shaughnessy later collected his first All-Ireland medal following a victory over Dublin in the championship decider. Cork continued their winning ways in 1953 with O’Shaughnessy adding a National Hurling League medal to his collection. He later collected his second Munster title before later winning a second All-Ireland medal following Cork’s defeat of Galway in one of the dirtiest All-Ireland finals ever. In 1954 Cork made it three-in-a-row by capturing another set of Munster and All-Ireland titles. Once again O’Shaughnessy played a key role in helping Cork to maintain this dominance. Cork lost their provincial crown in 1955, however, O’Shaughnessy finished off the year by winning a county hurling championship medal with St. Finbarr’s. This allowed him to become captain of the Cork inter-county team in 1956. That year the county won another Munster title, however, O’Shaughnessy missed the final through injury. He later led his team in the All-Ireland final, however, Cork were defeated by Wexford thanks to a great save by Art Foley. O’Shaughnessy retired from inter-county hurling following Cork’s defeat in the 1957 championship. He also won two Railway Cup medals with Munster.
Tony O’Shaughnessy died in December 2006.
| Preceded by Vincy Twomey |
Cork Senior Hurling Captain 1956 |
Succeeded by Christy Ring |
| Preceded by Christy Ring |
Cork Senior Hurling Captain 1956 |
Succeeded by Mick Cashman |
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