It would always be a matter of opinion and debate, but the person that many would think of as being Ireland's leading Hurler would be Kilkenny's Henry Shefflin. There are many great Corkonians who would have been or are great Hurlers, such as the late Christy Ring or Seán Óg O'HailpÃn, who actually might have been who you were thinking of.
Tommy Doyle - hurler - was born in 1915.
John McGrath - hurler - was born in 1928.
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Frank Cummins - Dublin hurler, (not to be confused with the Kilkenny Hurler of the same name) - was born in 1925.
Mick Neville - hurler - was born on 1891-02-14.
Jimmy Morris - hurler - was born in 1897.
Jack Mulcahy - hurler - died in 1962.
Jack Mulcahy - hurler - was born in 1918.
Alan Kennedy - hurler - was born in 1987.
John Leamy - hurler - was born in 1964.
Michael Armstrong - hurler - was born in 1990.
Pat Barry - hurler - was born in 1951.