. "1942Z"^^ . "1942-09-30Z"^^ . "John \"Jack\" Finlay (1890 \u2013 30 September 1942) was an Irish athlete who played hurling for Laois in the 1910s and in later life was a politician.Finlay was born in Ballycuddy, County Laois in 1890. He had a love of hurling from a young age and soon joined his local club Ballygeehan. In 1913 Finlay won a Laois Junior Hurling Championship with the club. They moved to senior level the following year and proceeded to win five county championships in-a-row with Finlay as captain."@en . . "John (Jack) Finlay"@en . "Laois"@ga . "Irish hurler and politician" . "1890Z"^^ . "Finlay, Jack"@en .