Éamonn Corcoran

Éamonn Corcoran
Personal information
Irish name	Éamonn Ó Corcráin
Sport	Hurling
Position	Right wing-back
Born	17 October 1977 (1977-10-17) (age 34) Templemore, County Tipperary
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
	J.K. Bracken's
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1999-2008^[1]	Tipperary	43^[1] (0-04)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	2
All Irelands	1
NHL	3
All Stars	1

Éamonn Corcoran (born 17 October 1977 in Templemore, County Tipperary) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club J.K. Bracken's and was a member of the Tipperary senior inter-county team from 1999 until 2008.

1 Early life
2 Playing career
- 2.1 Club
- 2.2 Inter-county
3 See also
4 References
5 Teams

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.

Playing career

Club

Corcoran plays his club hurling with the famous J.K. Bracken's club in Templemore.

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. Corcoran was part of the Tipperary team who won the league championship in 2008, his third league medal. His two top fans are Damien Byrne and Patrick Fennell. Corcoran retired from the inter-county scene in January 2009.

References

^ ^a ^b McGough, Leo; Kieran Shannon (16 August 2009). "When Sunday Comes". Sunday Tribune: p. 9 (Sport). http://www.tribune.ie/sport/hurling/article/2009/aug/16/when-sunday-comes/. Retrieved 17 August 2009.

Teams

Tipperary - National Hurling League Champions 1999 (17th title)

1 B. Cummins \| 2 D. Fahy \| 3 F. Heaney \| 4 L. Sheedy \| 5 B. Horgan \| 6 D. Kennedy \| 7 E. Corcoran \| 8 E. Enright \| 9 D. Carr \| 10 T. Dunne(C) \| 11 D. Ryan \| 12 B. O'Meara \| 13 L. Cahill \| 14 P. Shelly \| 15 J. Leahy \| Subs used: Conal Bonnar, G. Maguire, C. Gleeson \| Manager: N. English Reference: Tipperary GAA Archives Database searchable by team, year and/or player name.

Tipperary - National Hurling League Champions 2001 (18th title)

1 B. Cummins \| 2 T. Costello \| 3 P. Maher \| 4 P. Ormonde \| 5 J. Leahy \| 6 É. Corcoran \| 7 M. Ryan \| 8 C. Gleeson \| 9 Tommy Dunne \| 10 M. O'Leary \| 11 E. Enright \| 12 L. Cahill \| 13 E. Kelly \| 14 D. Ryan \| 15 L. Corbett \| Subs used: B. O'Meara \| E. O'Neill Manager: N. English

Tipperary - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions 2001 (25th title)

Reference: Tipperary GAA Archives Database searchable by team, year and/or player name.

Tipperary - National Hurling League Champions 2008 (19th title)

1 B. Cummins \| 2 É. Buckley \| 3 P. Curran \| 4 C. O'Brien \| 5 É. Corcoran \| 6 C. O'Mahoney \| 7 S. Maher \| 8 B. Dunne \| 9 S. McGrath \| 10 S. Butler \| 11 R. O'Dwyer \| 12 J. Woodlock \| 13 E. Kelly (Playing Capt.) \| 14 L. Corbett \| 15 W. Ryan \| Subs used: J. O'Brien \| A. Byrne \| H. Maloney \| S. Callanan \| D Hickey \| Manager: L. Sheedy

Tipperary - Munster Senior Hurling Champions 2008 (37th title)