Jim Fives

Born in Tourin, County Waterford, Fives was the youngest of five boys. He was educated locally and later attended Lismore CBS where he played competitive hurling for the school. Fives played at underage levels with the Tourin club, before winning a county football championship medal with An Chéad Chath in 1951. He had earlier played at club level with The Curragh before finishing his club career with Castlerea. ==Inter-county career==

Fives made his debut on the inter-county scene when he was selected for the Waterford minor team, and had one championship season in this grade. Fives later lined out with the junior team before making his senior debut for Waterford in 1949. Over the course of the next few seasons he was a regular member of the starting fifteen. Fives later played for Galway for five seasons, ending his time there in 1959 as a two-time All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runner-up. Two year later he was back on the inter-county scene as a member of the Roscommon junior team. Fives won three successive Connacht Junior Hurling Championship medals before retiring from inter-county hurling. Fives was selected for the Rest of Ireland team on a number of occasions between 1952 and 1959. He also lined out with Connacht, however, he ended his career without a Railway Cup medal. ==Honours==

;An Chéad Cath • Galway Senior Football Championship (1): 1951 ;Galway • Oireachtas Cup (1): 1958 ;Roscommon • Connacht Junior Hurling Championship (3): 1961, 1962, 1963 ==References==