- Cha Whelan
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Cha Whelan Personal information Irish name Cha Ó Faoláin Sport Hurling Position Half-back Born Thomastown, County Kilkenny Club(s) Years Club Thomastown Inter-county(ies) Years County 1960s Kilkenny Inter-county titles Leinster titles 1 All Irelands 1 Cha Whelan was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Thomastown and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team in the 1960s. With Kilkenny Whelan won All-Ireland and Leinster titles. After winning these titles and championships with Killkenny, he went on to become Mayor of Thomastown, his hometown. Whelan has since died.[citation needed]
Kilkenny - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions 1963 (15th title) 1 O. Walsh | 2 P. Larkin | 3 C. Whelan | 4 M. Treacy | 5 S. Cleere (c) | 6 T. Carroll | 7 M. Coogan | 8 P. Moran | 9 S. Clohessy | 10 D. Heaslip | 11 J. McGovern | 12 E. Keher | 13 T. Walsh | 14 B. Dwyer | 15 T. Murphy |
Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p85. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill. 2008. Accessed 17 July 2010.
Sub used: O. Gough for J. McGovern |
Subs not used: W. Murphy | T. Kelly | P. Dillon | S. Buckley | N. Skehan | J. Treacy | A. Hickey | T. Kelly |
Trainer: Fr. Tommy Maher |Kilkenny - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions 1967 (16th title) 1 O. Walsh | 2 T. Carroll | 3 P. Dillon | 4 J. Treacy (c) | 5 S. Cleere | 6 P. Henderson | 7 M. Coogan | 8 P. Moran | 9 J. Teehan | 10 E. Keher | 11 T. Walsh | 12 C. Dunne | 13 J. Bennett | 14 J. Lynch | 15 M. Brennan |
Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p85. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill. 2008. Accessed 17 July 2010.
Subs used: D. Blanchfield | J. Kinsella | P. Carroll |
Subs not used: N. Skehan | C. Whelan | F. Cummins | P. Foley |
Trainer: Fr. Tommy Maher |Categories:- Thomastown hurlers
- Kilkenny hurlers
- Winners of one All-Ireland medal (hurling)
- People from County Kilkenny
- Kilkenny hurling biography stubs
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