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| Native name | Séamus Ó hIfearnáin (Irish) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 March 2013 (aged 87) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Heffernan (1925 - 21 March 2013) was anIrish sportsman. He playedhurling with his local clubGlenmore and with theKilkenny senior inter-county team from 1945 until 1953. With Kilkenny Heffernan won anAll-Ireland title and fiveLeinster titles.[1]
Heffernan first came to prominence at inter-county level as a member of the Kilkenny minor team that won theLeinster Minor Championship in 1942. He joined the Kilkenny senior team in 1945 and was at right wing-back in that year'sAll-Ireland final defeat toTipperary. Heffernan was a substitute when Kilkenny lost a second successiveAll-Ireland final the following year, this time toCork, but was restored to the starting fifteen in 1947 and finally claimed awinners' medal after a defeat of Cork in one of the greatestfinals of all.[2] He played in his fourthAll-Ireland final in 1950, lining out at corner-forward against Tipperary, but Kilkenny were beaten by a point. Heffernan retired from inter-county hurling in 1953, by which time he had also claimed fiveLeinster Championships.
At club level he began his career withGeraldine O'Hanrahan's before joining the senior ranks withMullinavat in 1943. Heffernan claimed his onlycounty senior hurling championship medal withCarrickshock in 1951, while he ended his career withGlenmore with whom he won fourcounty senior football championship medals.
Heffernan worked with Clover Meats inFerrybank before concentrating on farming nearTullogher. He died aged 87 on 21 March 2013 and was survived by his wife and seven children.