Batt Thornhill
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Full-back | ||
| Born |
1 January 1911 Carrigaline, County Cork, Ireland | ||
| Died |
16 October 1970 (aged 59) Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Nickname | Batt | ||
| Occupation | Barber | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
|
Buttevant → Avondhu | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1939-1944 | Cork | 22 (0-00) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 4 | ||
| All-Irelands | 4 | ||
| NHL | 2 | ||
Bartholomew Thornhill (1 January 1911 – 16 October 1970), better known as Batt Thornhill, was an Irish hurler. A long-time member of the Buttevant club, he was also a four-time All-Ireland Championship winner with the Cork senior hurling team.
An All-Ireland medal winner at junior level, Thornhill was drafted onto the Cork senior team in 1939. From his debut, he quickly made the full-back position his own and made 22 championship appearances in a career that ended with his last game in 1944. During that time Thornhill was part of four All-Ireland Championship-winning teams as part of Cork's record-breaking four titles in-a-row between 1941 and 1944. He also secured four Munster Championships and two National League titles.