Tipperary hurling great Mick Burns has died

Tipperary's five-time All-Ireland winner Mick Burns has died.

The Nenagh Eire Óg man played in eight All Ireland senior hurling finals in a ten-year period between 1958 and 1968, winning five of those finals.

Burns also won seven Munster senior hurling titles.

With Nenagh Éire Óg, he captured North Tipperary Senior medals in 1957 and 1964, and is most fondly remembered for captaining the 1964 team.

He will be remembered in Tipperary as one of the greatest defenders in the county's hurling history.

In a statement released on Wednesday, the county board stated that "Tipperary GAA extends its sincere sympathies to his wife Pauline, sons Michael, Ronan and John, daughters Michelle and Ciara, his grandchildren and the extended family".