A Tipperary native and bar and restaurant owner in New York City, and Harbor Hill Rockland County is be honoured in the U.S next Saturday.
Jimmy Lyons originally from Grangemockler is to be honoured at the Tipperary Hurling Club annual banquet in Eastchester this Saturday.
Jimmy left for the states n 1984 to play hurling for Tipperary in Gaelic Park.
He returned to New York the following year because of the recession in Ireland at the time and stayed for good. He joined the Tipperary hurling club when he arrived and attributes the club with his success in sport and business life.
