Joe Harney

Joseph Harney was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with Ballydurn and at inter-county level with the Waterford senior hurling team.

Career

Harney first played hurling as a schoolboy at Newtown National School before later attending St Augustine's College in Dungarvan. He first played for the Ballydurn club at minor level as a 14-year-old, while also lining out with Dunhill-O'Briens and Clonea before returning to line out at adult level with Ballydurn.
Harney was part of Waterford's All-Ireland [Junior Hurling Championship|junior team] that lost to Kerry in the 1956 Munster junior final. He later progressed to the senior team and was a non-playing substitute when Kilkenny beat Waterford by 4-10 to 3-12 in the 1957 [All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final|1957 All-Ireland final]. Harney made his debut in a National Hurling League game against Cork the following year. He was at right corner-back when Waterford beat Kilkenny by 3-12 to 1-10 in the 1959 All-Ireland final replay.
Harney retired from inter-county hurling in 1962 but had his first club success that year when Ballydurn won the Waterford JHC title after a defeat of Fourmilewater. He made a brief return to inter-county activity when he was recalled to the Waterford team in 1967. Harney ended his club career by winning a Waterford IHC title in 1973.

Harney died on 17 April 2020, at the age of 84.

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