Tomás Quinn

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Tomás Quinn
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Irish Name Tomás Ó Cuinn
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Nickname(s) Mossy
Club information
Club St. Vincents
Position Full Forward
Club(s)*
Club Years Apps (scores)
St. Vincents ?- Present
Inter County
County Dublin
Position Full Forward
Inter County(ies)**
County Years Apps (scores)
Dublin 2003 - Present
Inter County Titles
Leinster Titles 2

* club appearances and scores
correct as of (20:30, 18 August 2006 (UTC)).
**Inter County team apps and scores correct
as of (20:30, 18 August 2006 (UTC)).

Tomás 'Mossy' Quinn (Irish: Tomás Ó Cuinn) is an Irish Gaelic Footballer from Dublin. He plays his club football for St. Vincents. He attended Ardscoil Ris in Marino and is the current free-taker for the Dublin Senior Football Team. He has finished the last two seasons in the league as the top scorer for his county and finished as top scorer in the 2005 Championship. Quinn had been coached by former Dublin player and club-mate Jimmy Keaveney. Tomás made his debut for Dublin in the opening match of the 2003 National football league against Armagh.[1]

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[edit] Yearly performance

[edit] 2005

In the 2005 league Quinn became Dublin's first choice free taker. Throughout the National Football League he showed he could hold his nerve scoring the winning points in two matches from dead balls. He finished the NFL campaign with 4-23 (0-13f, 1-0 pen, 0-2 '45').

Quinn was on the Dublin panel that beat the Laois in the Leinster Senior Football Championship Final in Croke Park. He scored a total of four points in the final with two being of special note both scored in the dying minutes. The first drew the teams level while the second was the match winning point.

He finished the 2005 All-Ireland and Leinster Championships with a total of 1-29, which confirmed him as the top scoring player from Leinster. He finished in fifth top scorer as the All-Ireland Championship due to a lack of progress on Dublin's part in the 2005 Championship, although he would have to shoulder some of the blame for his missed frees against any decent opposition.

[edit] 2006

He finished the 2006 NFL campaign as top scorer for the Dublin Senior panel with a total score of 3-22 (2-0 pens, 0-13f, 0-4 '45'). He was on Dublins winning side in the 2006 Leinster Senior football championship final clash against Offaly, helping Dublin gain their 46th championship. Quinn featured in the All-Ireland quarter final victory against Westmeath, notching a first half goal. He was substituted in the second half of the All-Ireland semi-final defeat at the hands of Mayo.

At club level, Mossy scored a total of 1-4 (0-3 '45', 0-1f) for St Vincents in their drubbing of Parnells, taking St Vincents to the fourth round of the 2006 Dublin senior club football championship. In the fourth round, St Vincents went on to meet St Brigids. Quinn's first half goal proved to be the difference between the sides in a game that finished at a scoreline of 1-8 to 0-9. Mossy scored a total of 1-2 in the game which took St Vincents in the Dublin Senior Club Football Championship quarter final where the they played St Judes. He form continued against St Judes in a tight game in which Mossy scored 2-02 to take his side into the Dublin championship semi final against Na Fianna. Quinn helped guide his team past Na Fianna and went on to lose against UCD in the final. He finished the Dublin Championship as top-scorer in this year's championship with 7-31 (eight games). Quinn was named on the 2006 Dublin Bus/Evening Herald Blue Star football XV at full forward.[2]

[edit] 2007

He won the 2007 O'Byrne Cup for Dublin against Laois at O'Connor Park in Offaly. The game finished on a scoreline of 1-18 to 2-13 against Laois.

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Dublin Senior Football Team

1 S. Cluxton | 2 D. Henry | 3 R. McConnell | 4 P. Griffin | 5 B. Cahill | 6 B. Cullen | 7 G. Brennan | 8 D. Magee | 9 S. Ryan | 10 C. Moran | 11 J. Sherlock | 12 C. Keaney | 13 B. Brogan | 14 K. Bonner | 15 T. Quinn | Subs: P. Casey for Brennan (45 mins), D. Connolly for Quinn (50), M. Vaughan for Brogan (55), D. O'Callaghan for Sherlock (60), J. Magee for D Magee (63).
Manager: P. Caffrey
(Team as of March 24, 2007 versus Fermanagh)