Christy Keogh

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Christy Keogh
Personal information
Irish name	Criostóir Mac Eochaidh
Sport	Hurling
Position	Left corner-forward
Born	(1943-06-29)29 June 1943 Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland
Died	19 July 2002(2002-07-19) (aged 59) Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Rapparees Shamrocks
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1971-1979	Wexford	23 (3-32)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	2
All Irelands	0
NHL	1
All Stars	1
* Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 22:52, 20 October 2013.

Christy Keogh (29 June 1943 – 19 July 2002) was an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-forward for the Wexford senior team.^[1]

Born in Enniscorthy, County Kilkenny, Keogh arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-eight when he first linked up with the Kilkenny senior team. He made his debut in the 1971 championship. Keogh went on to play a key part for the rest of the decade, and won two Leinster medals and one National Hurling League medal. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.

Keogh represented the Leinster inter-provincial team at various times throughout his career, winning one Railway Cup medals in 1974. At club level he played with Rapparees and Shamrocks.

Throughout his career, Keogh made 23 championship appearances for Wexford . His retirement came following Wexford's defeat by Kilkenny in the 1979 championship.

In retirement from playing Keogh became involved in coaching and team management. He served as manager of the Wexford sneior hurling team on three separate occasions.

References

↑ "GAA mourn passing of Christy Kehoe". Irish Independent. 20 July 2002. Retrieved 20 October 2013.

Christy Keogh navigation boxes

v t e Wexford – 1976 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 J. Nolan 2 T. O’Connor 3 W. Murphy 4 J. Prendergast 5 L. Bennett 6 M. Jacob 7 C. Doran 8 N. Buggy 9 B. Rowesome 10 J. Murphy 11 M. Quigley 12 J. Quigley 13 M. Butler 14 T. Doran (c) 15 C. Keogh Subs used D. Rowesome for C. Keogh M. Casey for B. Rowesome Subs not used H. Butler P. Kavanagh T. Byrne T. Walsh A. Doyle M. Furlong J. Conran

Wexford – 1977 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

Subs used: J. Russell for J. Prendergast; M. Casey for J. Murphy; E. Walsh for D. Bernie

Subs not used: H. Butler; B. Rowesome; T. Kavanagh; J. Conran; D. Rowesome; P. Hanrick

Coach: T. Neville
Trainer: N. Power

v t e Wexford senior hurling team – managers

O. McGrath (?–89) M. Quigley (1989–92) C. Keogh (1992–94) L. Griffin (1994–97) R. Kinsella (1997–99) J. Kelly (1999–00) T. Dempsey (2000–02) J. Conran (2002–04) S. Murphy (2004–06) J. Meyler (2006–08) C. Bonnar (2008–11) L. Dunne (2011)

v t e 1977 All-Star Hurling Team

1 S. Durack 2 J. McMahon 3 M. O'Doherty 4 J. Horgan 5 G. Loughnane 6 M. Jacob 7 D. Coughlan 8 T. Cashman 9 M. Moroney 10 C. Keogh 11 J. Barry-Murphy 12 P. J. Molloy 13 C. McCarthy 14 R. Cummins 15 S. O'Leary

Persondata
Name	Keogh, Christy
Alternative names
Short description	Irish hurler
Date of birth	29 June 1943
Place of birth	Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland
Date of death	19 July 2002
Place of death

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