D.J. Stapleton

Daniel John Stapleton (14 May 1886 - 21 September 1968) was an Irish hurler. His championship career with the Kilkenny senior team lasted four seasons from 1904 until 1907, during which time he captained the team to the 1905 All-Ireland Championship.[1]

D. J. Stapleton
Personal information
Irish name D. S. Mac an Ghaill
Sport Hurling
Position Forward
Born Daniel John Stapleton
(1886-05-14)14 May 1886
Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Died 21 September 1968(1968-09-21) (aged 82)
Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland
Occupation Garda superintendent
Club(s)
Years Club
 Erin's Own
Club titles
Kilkenny titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1904-1907
 Kilkenny
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 3
All-Irelands 3

Born outside Callan, County Kilkenny, Stapleton first played competitive hurling with Callan CBS. He later joined the Erin's Own club in Kilkenny, with whom he won a county championship medal in 1905.

Stapleton made his debut on the inter-county scene during the 1904 championship. Over the course of the following four seasons he won three All-Ireland medals as well as three Leinster medals. Stapleton also featured prominently on the Kilkenny teams that won the Railway Shield outright after three successive victories.

In his private life Stapleton qualified as a chemist and opened a business in Kilkenny . An active member of the Irish Republican Army during the War of Independence, he later supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty and joined the National Army. Stapleton joined the Garda Síochána in 1932 and rose through the ranks to become head of the Technical Branch as well as the official State ballistics expert.

Honours
Erin's Own
Kilkenny
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References
  1. "Dan Stapleton (Kilkenny)". Finbarr J. Connolly website. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
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