Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Liam Ó Maoldomhnaigh | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Born |
Erinville Hospital, Cork, Ireland | 21 April 1875||
Died |
22 July 1954 Mercy Hospital, Cork, Ireland | (aged 79)||
Nickname | Billex | ||
Occupation | Clerk | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
St Finbarr's | |||
Club titles | |||
Cork titles | 4 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1901-1905 | Cork | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 3 | ||
All-Irelands | 0 |
William Moloney (21 April 1875 – 22 July 1954), known as Billex Moloney, was an Irish hurler. [1] At club level he played with St Finbarr's and was a member of the Cork senior hurling team. [2]
Moloney began his association with the St Finbarr's club at a time when teams were 21-a-side. Regarded by the club as "one of the best defenders of all time", he was in defence when "the Barr's" won their inaugural County Championship title in 1899. [3] He won a further three titles as part of a three-in-a-row of successes from 1904 to 1906. Moloney had lined out in a number of tournament and exhibition games for the Cork senior hurling team before becoming a regular member of the team during the delayed 1902 championship. He went on to win three Munster Championship titles in four seasons, however, an All-Ireland Championship title eluded him. Moloney went on to train and serve as a selector with a number of St. Finbarr's teams after his retirement from playing.