Jim Aherne

Jim Aherne
Personal information
Irish nameSéamus Ó hEachtairn
SportGaelic Football
PositionCentre-forward
Born1922
Clonakilty, County Cork
Club(s)
YearsClub
1940s–1950sClonakilty
Club titles
Cork titles6
Inter-county(ies)*
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1943–1948Cork9 (5–9)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles2
All-Irelands1
NFL0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 18:21, 12 April 2012.

James "Jim" Aherne (born 1922) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a left wing-back for the Cork senior team.

Aherne made his first appearance for the team during the 1943 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen over much of the next decade. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal and two Munster medals.[1]

At club level Aherne was a multiple county championship medalist with Clonakilty.

References

  1. "Clonakilty GAA history". Clonakilty GAA website. Retrieved 10 April 2012.