Mick Burns (hurler)
# Mick Burns (hurler)

Mick Burns (1937 – 22 February 2023) was an Irish hurler who played for his local club Nenagh Éire Óg and was a member of the Tipperary senior inter-county team in the 1950s and 1960s.

## Career

Burns was born in Nenagh, County Tipperary. He won five All-Ireland titles and eight Munster titles with Tipperary between 1958 and 1968. He won two North Tipperary Senior Hurling Championships with Éire Óg in 1957 and as captain in 1964.

## Death

Burns died on 22 February 2023, at the age of 85.

## Honours

### Tipperary

* All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (5): 1958, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965
* Munster Senior Hurling Championship (8): 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968
* National Hurling League (6): 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1967–68
* Oireachtas Cup (4): 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964
* All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship (1): 1955
* Munster Minor Hurling Championship (2): 1954, 1955

### Munster

* Railway Cup (1): 1963

### Nenagh Éire Óg

* North Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1957, 1964 (c)
* North Tipperary Minor A Hurling Championship (3): 1951, 1953, 1955
