Christy Forde

Christy Forde
Personal information
Irish name	Criostóir Mac Giollarnáth
Sport	Hurling
Position	Goalkeeper
Born	1904 Lorrha, County Tipperary, Ireland
Occupation	Grocer
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Lorrha-Dorrha
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1933-1940 1937	Dublin Tipperary
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	2
All-Irelands	1
NHL	1

Christopher "Christy" Forde (born 1904) was an Irish hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Dublin and Tipperary senior teams.

Forde made his first appearance for the Dublin team during the 1933 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1940 championship. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal, two Leinster medals and one National Hurling League medal.^[1]^[2]

At club level Forde began his career with Lorrha-Dorrha before later playing club hurling in Dublin.

References

↑ "County profile: Dublin". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
↑ "Leinster Senior Hurling Champions" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 26 July 2012.

Dublin – 1934 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 C. Forde 2 A. Murphy 3 J. Bannon 4 T. Teehan 5 J. Walsh 6 D. Canniffe 7 P. Roche 8 N. Wade 9 M. Daniels 10 S. Hegarty 11 T. Treacy 12 S. Muldowney 13 S. Feeney (c) 14 D. O'Neill 15 J. O'Connell Subs used in replay C. McMahon for A. Murphy J. Culleton for C. Forde Played in drawn game C. Boland (c) Subs used in drawn game F. McCormack J. Culleton

Dublin – 1938 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (6th title)

1 C. Forde 2 T. Teehan 3 M. Butler 4 C. McMahon 5 M. Gill 6 P. Farrell 7 B. Loughnane 8 M. Daniels (c) 9 H. Gray 10 R. Ryan 11 M. McDonnell 12 J. Byrne 13 M. Brophy 14 M. Flynn 15 P. Doody Sub used J. Gilmartin

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