Éamonn Morrissey

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Éamonn Morrissey (born 1949 in Kilkenny) is a former Irish hurler. He played for his local club James Stephens and for Kilkenny's senior inter-county team from 1970 to 1973. He won an All-Ireland SHC medal in 1972 and two Leinster SHC medals. Morrissey began playing as a schoolboy, winning a Rice Cup with Kilkenny CBS, and later attended Kilkenny Vocational School. He represented Kilkenny at minor and under-21 levels, winning Kilkenny MHC in 1966 and U21 medals in 1969 and 1970. He made his senior debut in 1970 in a game against Cork. In 1973, he emigrated to Australia and left the Kilkenny panel after the Leinster final, missing the All-Ireland final against Limerick that year. He was 5'10" tall.