Jack Shalloo (hurler)

Jack Shalloo
Personal information
Irish name	Seán Ó Sealbhaigh
Sport	Hurling
Position	Full-back
Born	27 May 1886; Killuran,; County Clare, Ireland
Died	14 June 1932 (aged 46); O'Callaghans Mills,; County Clare, Ireland
Occupation	Farmer
Club(s)
Years	Club
	O'Callaghan's Mills
Club titles
Clare titles	5
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
	Clare
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	1
All-Irelands	1

John Shalloo (27 May 1886 – 14 June 1932) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with O'Callaghan's Mills, and also lined out at inter-county level with the Clare senior hurling team.

Career

Shalloo first played hurling in his local area with the O'Callaghan's Mills club. During a golden age for the club, he was part of the Clare SHC-winning teams in 1904, 1906, 1909, 1910 and 1918.^[2] Shalloo's performances at club level quickly earned him a call-up to the Clare senior hurling team. He won a Munster SHC medal in 1914, before later lining out at full-back in Clare's defeat of Laois in the 1914 All-Ireland final.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Shalloo died following a drowning accident at Kilgorey Lake near O'Callaghan's Mills on 14 June 1932, at the age of 46.^[6]

^ "Birth of JOHN SHALLOO in 1886". Irish Genealogy website. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
^ "Photograph of the O'Callaghan's Mills Hurling Team". Clare Library. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
^ "Senior hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
^ "Clare (Quin) 1914 Hurling All-Ireland Champions". GAA website. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
^ "The memory lives 100 years on". The Clare Champion. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
^ "John Shalloo". Finbarr J. Connolly website. Retrieved 11 February 2021.