Ned Quinn
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Éamonn Ó Cuinn | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Left wing-back | ||
Born | May 1923 Ardrahan, County Galway, Ireland | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Ardrahan | |||
Club titles | |||
Galway titles | 1 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1949–1954 | Galway | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
NHL | 1 |
Edmund "Ned" Quinn (born May 1923) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a left wing-back for the Galway senior team.[1]
Born in Ardrahan, County Galway, Quinn first excelled at hurling in his youth. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Galway minor team. He made his senior debut during the 1949-50 league. Quinn immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen, and won one National Hurling League medal. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
Quinn was a member of the Connacht inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, however, he never won a Railway Cup medal. At club level he is a one-time championship medallist with Ardrahan.
Corless retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1954 championship.
Honours
Player
- Ardrahan
- Galway Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1949
- Galway
- National Hurling League (1): 1950-51
References
- ↑ Ó Flatharta, Bernie (24 January 2013). "The tough Galway hurler who stood up to Christy Ring". Connacht Tribune. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
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