Sport Hurling Years County Years Club | Occupation Grocer Position Goalkeeper Name Christy Forde | |
Irish name Criostoir Mac Giollarnath | ||
Christopher "Christy" Forde (born 1904) was an Irish hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Dublin and Tipperary senior teams.
Forde made his first appearance for the Dublin team during the 1933 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1940 championship. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal, two Leinster medals and one National Hurling League medal.
At club level Forde began his career with Lorrha-Dorrha before later playing club hurling in Dublin.
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