Maurice Fitzmaurice (hurler)

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Maurice Fitzmaurice
Personal information
Irish name	Muiris Mac Muiris
Sport	Hurling
Born	1870 Lixnaw, County Kerry, Ireland
Occupation	Farmer
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Lixnaw
Club Titles
Kerry titles	0
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
	Kerry
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	1
All Irelands	1

Maurice Fitzmaurice (born 1870) was an Irish hurler who played for the Kerry senior team.

Fitzmaurice was a regular member of the starting twenty-one during Kerry's must successful hurling period shortly after the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association and the start of the inter-county championship. During his career he won one All-Ireland medal and one Munster medal.^[1]^[2]

At club level Fitzmaurice played with Lixnaw.

His great-grandson, Éamonn Fitzmaurice, was a three-time All-Ireland medalist with Kerry in Gaelic football.

References

↑ "Kerry GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
↑ "Senior Hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 22 January 2013.

v t e Kerry - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions 1891 (1st title)

J. Mahony (Capt.) M. Fitzmaurice M. Kelly J. Murphy J. O'Sullivan P. O'Carroll P. Wynne J. McDonnell M. O'Sullivan J. Crowley F. Crowley P. O'Rourke T.E. McCarthy T.D. McCarthy M. McCarthy M. Riordan R. Kissane P. Quane J. Quane M. Kirby T. Dunne

Persondata
Name	Fitzmaurice, Maurice
Alternative names
Short description	Irish hurler
Date of birth	1870
Place of birth	Lixnaw, County Kerry, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Date of death
Place of death

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