Bob McConkey

Bob McConkey
Personal information
Irish name	Roibéard Mac Concaigh
Sport	Hurling
Position	Forward
Born	1894 Killaloe, County Clare, Ireland
Died	5 January 1961 (aged 61) Limerick, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
	St. Patrick's Young Irelands
Club titles
Limerick titles	5
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
	Limerick
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	3
All-Irelands	3 He was a non playing sub in 1934. Thus winning All Ireland medals in three different decades.
NHL	0

Robert "Bob" McConkey (1894 – 5 January 1961) was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Young Irelands and with the Limerick senior inter-county team from the 1910s until the 1930s. McConkey captained Limerick to the All-Ireland title in 1921.

Sporting positions
Preceded by	Limerick Senior Hurling Captain 1921	Succeeded by
Achievements
Preceded by Bob Mockler (Dublin)	All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final winning captain 1921	Succeeded by Wattie Dunphy (Kilkenny)

Teams

Limerick – 1918 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (2nd title)

1 M. Murphy 2 M. Rochford 3 P. Kennedy 4 P. McInerney 5 J. Keane 6 W. Hough (c) 7 D. Lanigan 8 D. Troy 9 J. Humphreys 10 D. Ryan 11 W. Gleeson 12 W. Ryan 13 T. McGrath 14 B. McConkey 15 P. Barry

Limerick – 1921 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (3rd title)

1 M. Murphy 2 T. Mangan 3 D. Murnane 4 P. McInerney 5 J. Keane 6 W. Hough 7 D. Lanigan 8 W. Gleeson 9 J. Humphreys 10 W. Ryan 11 G. Howard 12 M. Mullane 13 C. Ryan 14 B. McConkey (c) 15 T. McGrath

Limerick – 1934 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (4th title)

1 T. Shinny 2 N. Cregan 3 T. McCarthy 4 M. Cross 5 M. Kennedy 6 G. Howard 7 P. Clohessy 8 M. Ryan 9 J. Mackey 10 T. Ryan (c) 11 J. O'Connell 12 J. Roche 13 J. Close 14 D. Clohessy 15 M. Mackey Played in drawn game P. Scanlon B. McConkey M. Condon Trainer J. Barry

References

Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
Fullam, Brendan, Captains of the Ash (Wolfhound Press, 2002).

External links

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