Bernie Forde

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Bernie Forde
Personal information
Irish name	Beircheart Mac Giollarnáth
Sport	Hurling
Position	Right corner-forward
Born	(1957-11-05) 5 November 1957 Ardrahan, County Galway, Ireland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Occupation	Civil servant
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Ardrahan
Club Titles
Galway titles	3
Connacht titles	3
All-Ireland Titles	0
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1978-1985	Galway	17 (6-26)
Inter-county titles
All Irelands	1
NHL	0
All Stars	1
* Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 22:14, 3 February 2014.

Bernie Forde (born 5 November 1957) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right corner-forward for the Galway senior team.^[1]^[2]

Born in Ardrahan, County Galway, Forde first excelled at hurling in his youth. He made his first impression on the inter-county scene when he joined the Galway under-21 team. He made his senior debut during the 1978 championship. Forde went on to play a key role for Galway for the next few years, and won one All-Ireland medal. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on three occasions.

As a member of the Connacht inter-provincial team at various times throughout his career, Forde won two Railway Cup medals. At club level he is a three-time Connacht medallist with Ardrahan. In addition to this he has also won three championship medals.

Throughout his career Forde made 17 championship appearances for Galway. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1985 championship.

In retirement from playing Forde became involved in team management and coaching. He has served as manager of the Ardrahan intermediate camogie team.

Honours

Player

Ardrahan

Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship (3): 1974, 1975, 1978
Galway Senior Club Hurling Championship (3): 1974, 1975, 1978
Galway Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (1): 1979
Galway Under-21 Club Hurling Championship (1): 1977
Galway Minor Club Hurling Championship (1): 1975

Galway

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1980
All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 1978 (c)

Connacht

Railway Cup (2): 1982, 1983

Manager

Ardrahan

Connacht Intermediate Club Camogie Championship (1): 2011
Galway Intermediate Club Camogie Championship (1): 2011

Individual

Awards

All-Star (2): 1981, 1987

References

↑ "Bernie Forde". Hurling Stats website. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
↑ "The men who changed the face of Galway hurling". Irish Independent. 7 September 2005. Retrieved 27 January 2014.

Bernie Forde navigation boxes

Achievements
Preceded by Mickey Lyng (Kilkenny)	All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Final winning captain 1978	Succeeded by Michael Doyle (Tipperary)

v t e Galway – 1978 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Champions (2nd title)

1 G. Smith 2 C. Hayes 3 M. Headd 4 P. J. Burke 5 J. Greaney 6 M. Earls 7 S. Coen 8 S. Mahon 9 M. Kilkenny 10 G. Kennedy 11 J. Goode 12 P. Ryan 13 B. Forde (c) 14 M. Conneely 15 J. Ryan Played in drawn game G. Linnane Subs used in drawn game T. Brehony J. Coen S. Forde

v t e Galway – 1979 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 S. Shinnors 2 N. McInerney 3 C. Hayes 4 A. Fenton 5 J. McDonagh (c) 6 S. Silke 7 I. Clarke 8 John Connolly 9 S. Mahon 10 B. Forde 11 F. Burke 12 Joe Connolly 13 P. J. Molloy 14 N. Lane 15 F. Gantley Subs used S. Linnane for B. Forde M. Whelan for F. Burke Manager M. Keating

v t e Galway – 1980 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (2nd title)

1 M. Conneely 2 C. Hayes 3 N. McInerney 4 J. Cooney 5 S. Linnane 6 S. Silke 7 S. Coen 8 M. Connolly 9 S. Mahon 10 F. Burke 11 Joe Connolly (c) 12 P. J. Molloy 13 B. Forde 14 John Connolly 15 N. Lane Subs used F. Gantley for M. Connolly J. Ryan for P. J. Molloy Subs not used M. King J. McDonagh G. Glynn P. Connolly M. Mulkerrins Manager C. Farrell

v t e Galway – 1981 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 M. Conneely 2 S. Coen 3 N. McInerney 4 J. Cooney 5 S. Linnane 6 S. Silke (c) 7 I. Clarke 8 M. Connolly 9 S. Mahon 10 F. Gantley 11 Joe Connolly 12 P. J. Molloy 13 B. Forde 14 John Connolly 15 N. Lane Subs used F. Burke for F. Gantley P. Ryan B. Forde Manager J. McDonagh

v t e Galway – 1985 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 P. Murphy 2 O. Kilkenny 3 C. Hayes 4 S. Linnane 5 P. Finnerty 6 T. Keady 7 T. Kilkenny 8 M. Connolly (c) 9 S. Mahon 10 M. McGrath 11 B. Lynskey 12 J. Cooney 13 B. Forde 14 N. Lane 15 P. J. Molloy Subs used J. Murphy for M. McGrath A. Cunningham for B. Forde M. Haverty for M. Connolly Manager C. Farrell

v t e 1980 All-Star Hurling Team

1 P. McLoughney 2 N. McInerney 3 L. Enright 4 J. Cooney 5 D. McCurtain 6 S. Silke 7 I. Clarke 8 J. Kelly 9 M. Walsh 10 J. Connolly 11 P. Horgan 12 P. Carroll 13 B. Forde 14 J. McKenna 15 E. Cregan

Persondata
Name	Forde, Bernie
Alternative names
Short description	Irish hurler
Date of birth	5 November 1957
Place of birth	Ardrahan, County Galway
Date of death
Place of death

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