Jim Aherne

Jim Aherne
Personal information
Irish name	Séamus Ó hEachtairn
Sport	Gaelic Football
Position	Centre-forward
Born	1922 Clonakilty, County Cork
Club(s)
Years	Club
1940s–1950s	Clonakilty
Club titles
Cork titles	6
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1943–1948	Cork	9 (5–9)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	2
All-Irelands	1
NFL	0
*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

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

Cork – 1945 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (3rd title)

1 M. O'Driscoll 2 D. Magnier 3 P. A. Murphy 4 C. Crone 5 P. Cronin 6 T. Crowley (c) 7 D. Connors 8 É. Young 9 F. O'Donovan 10 N. Casey 11 H. O'Neill 12 M. Tubridy 13 J. Lynch 14 J. Cronin 15 D. Beckett Sub used J. Aherne for N. Casey Subs not used P. Healy B. Murphy P. Downing S. Linehan Trainer J. Barry

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