Code: | Hurling |
Sport: | Hurling |
Jim Roche | |
Irish: | Séamus de Róiste |
Feet: | 5 |
Inches: | 11 |
County: | Limerick |
Province: | Munster |
Club: | Croom |
Clcounty: | 2 |
Counties: | Limerick |
Icposition: | Left wing-forward |
Icprovince: | 5 |
Icallireland: | 3 |
Nhl: | 5 |
Icupdate: | 21:49, 20 May 2013 |
James Roche (11 June 1909 – 23 April 1980) was an Irish hurler who played as a left wing-forward for the Limerick senior team.[1]
Roche joined the team during the 1933 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement almost a decade later. During that time he won three All-Ireland medals, five Munster medals and five National Hurling League medals. Roche was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.
At club level Roche played with Croom.