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Seán Hyde
Irish hurler
John Francis Hyde (17 April 1897 – 12 April 1977), also known as Seán Hyde, was an Irish hurler who played in various positions for the Cork and Dublin senior teams.
Hyde was born in Ballinhassig and was educated at St Finbarr's College, Farranferris. With 'Farna' he won the 1914 Cork Junior Cup and in the following year he was called-up by Cork to play in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, he was only 17 years old. He subsequently joined the Dublin team and was a regular on the inter-county scene until his retirement after the 1919 championship. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal, two Leinster medals and one Munster medal. Hyde was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.
He was heavily involved in Intelligence work in the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War and was a trusted aid of Michael Collins.[1]
At club level Hyde won three county club championship medals with Collegians.