# Nicky Behan

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{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler}}
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{{Infobox Gaelic games player
| code= Hurling
| sport = Hurling
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| name = Nicky Behan
| irish = Nioclás Ó Beacháin
| feet = 5
| inches = 4
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| nickname = 
| county = Kildare
| province = Leinster
| club = 
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| clubs = [Allenwood](/source/Allenwood_G.F.C.)<br>[Éire Óg-Corrachoill](/source/%C3%89ire_%C3%93g-Corrachoill_CLG)
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| clcountyh = 6
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| fitz = 
| counties = [Kildare](/source/Kildare_GAA)
| icposition = Full-back
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| icallireland = 0
| nfl = 0
| allstars = 0
| clupdate = 
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| birth_date={{birth year|1946}}
| birth_place=[Allenwood](/source/Allenwood%2C_County_Kildare),<br>[County Kildare](/source/County_Kildare), Ireland
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'''Nicholas Behan''' (born 1946) was an Irish [Gaelic football](/source/Gaelic_football)er and [hurler](/source/hurling). At club level, he played with [Allenwood](/source/Allenwood_GAA) and he also lined out as a [dual player](/source/dual_player) with various [Kildare](/source/Kildare_GAA) teams.

==Career==

McTeague had his first success at club level in 1964 when he won a Kildare MFC title with St Mary's.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA/Default.aspx#panel=document|title=Close-up on the players|publisher=Nationalist and Leinster Times|date=1 October 1965|access-date=19 December 2024|first=|last=}}</ref> He later progressed to adult level Gaelic football with [Allenwood](/source/Allenwood_GAA). Behan played his club hurling with [Éire Óg-Corrachoill](/source/%C3%89ire_%C3%93g-Corrachoill_CLG) and won six [Kildare SHC](/source/Kildare_Senior_Hurling_Championship) medals between 1964 and 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA/Default.aspx#panel=document|title=Éire Óg first holders of Carey trophy|publisher=Nationalist and Leinster Times|date=8 October 1971|access-date=19 December 2024|first=|last=}}</ref>

At inter-county level, Behan was part of the [Kildare](/source/Kildare_GAA) team that won consecutive [Leinster U21FC](/source/Leinster_Under-21_Football_Championship) titles as well as the [All-Ireland U21FC](/source/All-Ireland_Under-21_Football_Championship) title in 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://leinster.clubandcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2017/03/P214-All-Irl-U-21-Football.pdf|title=Leinster Under-21 All-Ireland Football Winning Teams|publisher=Leinster GAA website|date=|access-date=19 December 2024|first=|last=|archive-date=12 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250112204550/https://leinster.clubandcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2017/03/P214-All-Irl-U-21-Football.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Behan added an [All-Ireland JHC](/source/All-Ireland_Junior_Hurling_Championship) medal to his collection after beating [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire_GAA) in the [1966 All-Ireland junior final](/source/1966_All-Ireland_Junior_Hurling_Championship).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://leinster.clubandcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2017/03/P87-91-%E2%80%93-All-%E2%80%A6e-Junior-Hurl.pdf|title=Leinster Junior All-Ireland Hurling Winning Teams|publisher=Leinster GAA website|date=|access-date=19 December 2024|first=|last=}}</ref> An [All-Ireland IHC](/source/All-Ireland_Intermediate_Hurling_Championship) medal followed in 1969, having earlier claimed the [Division 2](/source/National_Hurling_League) league title.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://leinster.clubandcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2017/03/P86-All-Irl-I%E2%80%A6ermed-Hurling.pdf|title=Leinster All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Winning Teams|publisher=Leinster GAA website|date=|access-date=19 December 2024|first=|last=}}</ref>

==Honours==

;St Mary's
*Kildare Minor Football Championship: 1964

;Éire Óg-Corrachoill
*[Kildare Senior Hurling Championship](/source/Kildare_Senior_Hurling_Championship): 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971

;Kildare
*[All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship](/source/All-Ireland_Intermediate_Hurling_Championship): [1969](/source/1969_All-Ireland_Intermediate_Hurling_Championship)
*[Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship](/source/Leinster_Intermediate_Hurling_Championship): [1969](/source/1969_All-Ireland_Intermediate_Hurling_Championship)
*[All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship](/source/All-Ireland_Junior_Hurling_Championship): [1966](/source/1966_All-Ireland_Junior_Hurling_Championship)
*[Leinster Junior Hurling Championship](/source/Leinster_Junior_Hurling_Championship): [1966](/source/1966_All-Ireland_Junior_Hurling_Championship)
*[National Hurling League Division 2](/source/National_Hurling_League): [1968–69](/source/1968%E2%80%9369_National_Hurling_League)
*[All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship](/source/All-Ireland_Under-21_Football_Championship): [1965](/source/1965_All-Ireland_Under-21_Football_Championship)
*[Leinster Under-21 Football Championship](/source/Leinster_Under-21_Football_Championship): [1965](/source/1965_All-Ireland_Under-21_Football_Championship), [1966](/source/1966_All-Ireland_Under-21_Football_Championship)

==References==
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