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Bernie Boothman

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Bernie Boothman
Personal information
Irish name Bearnard Bútman
Sport Hurling
Position Right corner-forward
Born 1936
Dublin, Ireland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Occupation Van driver
Club(s)
Years Club
St Finbarr's
St Columba's
Club titles
Dublin titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1955
1956–1966
Warwickshire
Dublin
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 1
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0

Bernard Boothman (born 1936[1]) is an Irish former hurler. At club level, he played with St Columba's and at inter-county level was a member of the Dublin senior hurling team.

Playing career

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Boothman first played hurling at club level with St Columba's. After emigrating to England he joined the St Finbarr's club in Coventry and won a Wawrwickshire SHC medal in 1955. Boothman returned to St Columba's the following year and was part of the club's first ever Dublin SHC success.[2][3]

At inter-county level, Shannon first played for Dublin at minor level. He won three successive Leinster MHC medals before captaining the team to a 2–7 to 2–3 defeat of Tipperary in the 1954 All-Ireland MHC final.[4] At adult level, Boothman played with the Warwickshire team beaten by Cork in the 1955 All-Ireland JHC final.[5][6]

After returning to Ireland, Boothman made his Dublin senior hurling team debut in 1956 and quickly became a regular. He won a Leinster SHC medal in 1961 following Dublin's first provincial success in nine years.[7] Boothman was at corner-forward when Dublin were beaten by Tipperary in the 1961 All-Ireland final.[8][9]

Personal life

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His brother, Achille Boothman, also played hurling with St Columba's, Dublin and Leinster.

Honours

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St Finbarr's
  • Warwickshire Senior Hurling Championship: 1955
St Columba's
Dublin

References

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  1. ^ "Meet the Dublin boys!". Irish Press. 30 August 1961. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Club Titles - Dublin". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Alone it stands... Crumlin's epic win in 1980 still sets bar in Dublin". Irish Independent. 4 December 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Leinster Minor All-Ireland Hurling Winning Teams" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Junior hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Cork profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Leinster Senior Hurling Finalists" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  8. ^ Diarmuid, O'Flynn (20 May 2011). "What might have been..." Irish Examiner. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Our hurling heroes of 1961 return to Parnell Park". Irish Independent. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2025.