Laois. Yet another All-Ireland final appearance beckoned, with Cork providing the opposition on 17 November 1912. Kilkenny won a narrow 2–1 to 1–3 victory. It was Lanigan's sixth All-Ireland medal. Lanigan was dropped from the starting fifteen in 1913, however, he went on to collect another set of Leinster and All-Ireland medals as a non-playing substitute. Retirement Lanigan retired from inter-county hurling following Kilkenny's defeat by Laois in the 1914 Leinster decider. Coaching career Inter-county In 1922 Lanigan was a selector with the Kilkenny senior team. It was a season which saw the team claim the Leinster title for the first time in six years following a 3–4 to 1–2 defeat of Dublin. Under Lanigan's guidance the team later claimed the All-Ireland crown following a 4–2 to 2–6 defeat of Tipperary. Club Lanigan served as trainer of the James Stephens junior hurling team in 1924. A 5–5 to 1–0 defeat of Thomastown in a replay secured the Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship. Honours Player Erin's Own Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1905, 1909 Kilkenny All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (7): 1904, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913 (sub) Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (7): 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913 (sub) Mentor James Stephens Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1924 Kilkenny All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1922 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1922 References 1881 births 1945 deaths All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners Erin's Own (Kilkenny) hurlers Hurling goalkeepers Hurling managers Hurling selectors Irish postmen Kilkenny inter-county hurlers