Éamonn Corcoran

Éamonn Corcoran
Personal information
Irish name	Éamonn Ó Corcráin
Sport	Hurling
Position	Right wing-back
Born	(1977-10-17) 17 October 1977 Templemore, County Tipperary
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
	J.K. Bracken's GAC
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 GAC. He was a member of the Tipperary GAA senior inter-county team from 1999 until 2008.

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, 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's performance 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. He is one of the best takers of sideline cuts in the game.

References

1 2 McGough, Leo; Kieran Shannon (16 August 2009). "When Sunday Comes". Sunday Tribune. p. 9 (Sport). Retrieved 17 August 2009.

Teams

Tipperary - 1999 National Hurling League Champions (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 - 2001 National Hurling League Champions (18th title)

1 B. Cummins 2 T. Costello 3 P. Maher 4 P. Ormond 5 J. Leahy 6 É. Corcoran 7 M. Ryan 8 C. Gleeson 9 T. 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 - 2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (25th title)

1 B. Cummins 2 T. Costello 3 P. Maher 4 P. Ormond 5 É. Corcoran 6 D. Kennedy 7 P. Kelly 8 E. Enright 9 T. Dunne (c) 10 M. O'Leary 11 J. Carroll 12 E. Kelly 13 E. O'Neill 14 D. Ryan 15 L. Corbett Subs used D. Fahy for T. Costello P. O'Brien for E. O'Neill M. Ryan for P. Kelly C. Gleeson for D. Kennedy Subs not used L. Cahill J. O'Brien N. Morris D. Rabbitte B. O'Meara J. Leahy A. Butler P. Curran Manager N. English Selectors K. Hogan J. Bergin

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

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

1 B. Cummins 2 É. Buckley 3 P. Curran 4 C. O'Brien 5 É. Corcoran 6 C. O'Mahony 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 S. Callanan for O'Dwyer J. O'Brien for Dunne A. Byrne for Corcoran D Hickey for Ryan H. Maloney Manager L. Sheedy

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

1 B. Cummins 2 É. Buckley 3 P. Curran 4 C. O'Brien 5 É. Corcoran 6 C. O'Mahony 7 S. Maher 8 J. Woodlock 9 S. McGrath 10 P. Kerwick 11 S. Callanan 12 J. O'Brien 13 E. Kelly (Playing Capt.) 14 L. Corbett 15 S. Butler Subs D. Fanning for Curran M. Webster for Kerwick H. Maloney for Butler B. Dunne for Woodlock Subs not used G. Kennedy P. Bourke A. Byrne D. Egan D. FitzGerald P. Kelly R. O'Dwyer P. Ormond (Capt.) W. Ryan P. Stapleton T. Stapleton D. Gleeson Manager L. Sheedy Trainer C. O'Neill

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

2001 All-Star Hurling Team

1 B. Cummins 2 D. Ryan 3 P. Maher 4 O. Canning 5 E. Corcoran 6 L. Hodgins 7 M. Foley 8 T. Dunne^HOTY 9 E. Enright 10 M. O'Leary 11 J. O'Connor 12 K. Broderick 13 C. Carter 14 E. Cloonan 15 E. Kelly

Fitzgibbon Cup Team of the Century

Tommy Daly Séamus Hickey Niall McInerney John Grainger Seán Silke Ted Carroll Éamonn Corcoran Paul O'Connor Jim Hurley Henry Downey John O'Halloran Pat Henchy Nicky English Joe Canning Henry Shefflin

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