Éamonn Corcoran
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| Personal information | |||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Irish Name | Éamonn Ó Corcráin | ||
| Full name | Éamonn Corcoran | ||
| Date of Birth | 17 October 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Templemore, County Tipperary | ||
| Height | 6' | ||
| Club information | |||
| Club | J.K. Bracken's | ||
| Position | Half-back | ||
| Club(s)* | |||
| Club | Years | Apps (scores) | |
| Inter County | |||
| County | Tipperary | ||
| Position | Right wing-back | ||
| Inter County(ies)** | |||
| County | Years | Apps (scores) | |
| Tipperary | 1999- | 33 (0-2) | |
| Inter County Titles | |||
| Munster Titles | 1 | ||
| All-Ireland | 1 | ||
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* club appearances and scores |
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Éamonn Corcoran (born 17 October 1977) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club J.K. Bracken's and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team. He plays in the right wing-back position.
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[edit] Early life
Éamonn Corcoran was born in Templemore, County Tipperary in 1977. From an early age he showed great skill at the game of hurling. Corcoran began his hurling career with Scoil Colmchille Primary School where he won county honours. From here Corcoran later went to Our Lady's Secondary school in Templemore where his hurling skills were further developed. Here he won an All-Ireland Colleges' B Championship medal. In 1997 Corcoran began studying at the Waterford Institute of Technology. Here he had more hurling success, winning an All-Ireland Freshers medal together with an All-Ireland Senior League medal. In 1999 and 2000 he won back-to-back Fitzgibbon Cup and All-Ireland Senior League medals with the college. Corcoran was named the player of the tournament in both Fitzgibbon Cup tournaments playing at centre-back.
[edit] Playing career
[edit] Club
Corcoran plays his club hurling with the famous J.K. Bracken's club in Templemore.
[edit] Inter-county
Corcoran played minor and under-21 hurling with Tipperary for several years without success. He quickly joined the senior team, winning a National Hurling League medal in 1999. Later that summer he made his championship hurling debut in a Munster Championship game against Kerry. Two years later in 2001 Corcoran captured his second National League medal with Tipp. Later that same year he won his first Munster medal before later winning his first All-Ireland medal following a win over Galway. Corcoran'sperformance throughout the championship also earned him an All-Star award. Since 2001 Tipperary's hurling fortunes have taken a downturn and he has not had any more major success with the county.
| Tipperary - All-Ireland Hurling Champions 2001 (25th title) | ||
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1 B. Cummins | 2 T. Costello | 3 P. Maher | 4 P. Ormonde | 5 É. Corcoran | 6 D. Kennedy | 7 P. Kelly | 8 E. Enright | 9 T. Dunne | 10 M. O'Leary | 11 J. Carroll | 12 E. Kelly | 13 E. O'Neill | 14 D. Ryan | 15 L. Corbett | Manager: N. English | |
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| Tipperary Senior Hurling Team 2006 | ||
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1 B. Cummins | 2 D. Fanning | 3 P. Curran | 4 P. Ormonde | 5 É. Corcoran | 6 C. O'Mahoney | 7 H. Maloney | 8 P. Kelly | 9 S. McGrath | 10 J. Carroll | 11 F. Devaney | 12 J. O'Brien | 13 L. Corbett | 14 D. FitzGerald | 15 E. Kelly | 16 É. Buckley | 17 S. Butler | 18 B. Dunne | 19 K. Dunne | 20 D. Egan | 21 P. Maher | 22 J.B. McCarthy | 23 C. Morrissey | 24 W. Ryan | 25 J. Woodlock | 26 M. Webster | 27 R. O'Dwyer | 28 P. Bourke | 29 T. Stapleton | 30 A. Burns | 31 C. O'Brien | 32 D. O'Hanlon | 33 S. Maher | 34 T. Scroope | 35 G. 'Redser' O'Grady | Manager: M. 'Babs' Keating |
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