Timmy Fitzpatrick was a famous hurling

Hurling

Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...

 player with Laois

Laois GAA

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 and Kilcotton

Kilcotton

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. He was Laois's first choice goalkeeper in the 1940s and he gave some heroic displays. In the 1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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 final against Tipperary, Fitzpatrick was lauded as a Laois hero - despite the scoreline.

The following year, he made his sole appearance on the Leinster team. He played in three Laois Senior Hurling Championship finals with his club but never tasted victory.

In 1999, Timmy Fitzpatrick was named on the Laois Hurling Team of the Millennium.