Kieran McGuckin

Kieran McGuckin
Personal information
Irish name Ciarán Mac Eocháin
Sport Hurling
Position Left wing-back
Born (1967-09-12) 12 September 1967
Ballyvolane, Cork, Ireland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Club(s)
Years Club
Glen Rovers
Club titles
Cork titles 1
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
1990-1996 Cork 8 (0-6)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 2
All-Irelands 1
NHL 1
All Stars 0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 19:03, 4 July 2015.

Kieran McGuckin (born 12 September 1967) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a left wing-back for the Cork senior team.

Born in Ballyvolane, Cork, McGuckin first excelled at hurling during his schooling at the North Monastery. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team before later joining the under-21 side. He made his senior hurling debut during the 1990 championship. McGuckin immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one All-Ireland medal and one Munster medal.

At club level McGuckin is a one-time championship medallist with Glen Rovers.

Throughout his career McGuckin made 8 championship appearances. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1996 championship.

Playing career

College

During his schooling at the North Monastery, McGuckin established himself as a key member of the senior hurling team. In 1985 he won a Harty Cup medal following a 5-6 to 1-7 defeat of St. Flannan's College. On 19 May 1985 the North Mon faced St. Brendan's Community School in the All-Ireland decider, having drawn a week earlier. A 4-11 to 1-5 victory gave McGuckin a coveted All-Ireland medal.[1]

Club


McGuckin has won county medals at all grades with glen rovers.He made his senior debut at 16 yrs of age in 1983 . After losing the 1988 championship decider to St. Finbarr's, the Glen qualified for the final again in 1989. A high-scoring 4-15 to 3-13 defeat of Sarsfields gave McGuckin a coveted championship medal.[2]

Inter-county

McGuckin first played for Cork as a member of the minor team on 15 May 1985. He scored a point from left wing-back in Cork's 1-12 to 1-8 Munster semi-final defeat of Limerick. A subsequent 1-13 to 1-8 defeat of Tipperary secured a Munster medal for McGuckin. Wexford provided the opposition in the subsequent All-Ireland decider on 1 September 1985. A 3-10 to 0-12 victory gave McGuckin a coveted All-Ireland medal.[3]

By 1988 McGuckin was a key member of the Cork under-21 team. He won a Munster medal that year following a 4-12 to 1-7 defeat of Limerick. He also won an All Ireland u-21 medal in 1988.

McGuckin made his senior championship debut as captain of the team on 20 May 1990 in a 3-17 to 3-7 Munster quarter-final defeat of Kerry. He later won a Munster medal following a 4-16 to 2-14 defeat of reigning champions Tipperary. The subsequent All-Ireland final on 2 September 1990 pitted Cork against Galway for the second time in four years. Galway were once again the red-hot favourites and justified this tag by going seven points ahead in the opening thirty-five minutes thanks to a masterful display by Joe Cooney. Cork fought back with an equally expert display by newly restored captain Tomás Mulcahy. The game was effectively decided on an incident which occurred midway through the second half when Cork goalkeeper Ger Cunningham blocked a point-blank shot from Martin Naughton with his nose. The umpires gave no 65-metre free, even though he clearly deflected it out wide. Cork went on to win a high-scoring and open game of hurling by 5–15 to 2–21.[4] The victory gave McGuckin a coveted All-Ireland medal.

Honours

Player

North Monastery
Glen Rovers
Cork

References

  1. ↑ Hogan, Vincent (7 August 1999). "The Rebel messiah who found a Faithful cause". Irish Independent. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Crowe, Dermot (12 October 2014). "Glen look to end 25 years of Cork championship hurt". Irish Independent. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Storey eager to end Wexford's minor famine". Hogan Stand. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  4. ↑ O'Sullivan, Jim (3 September 2010). "Classic final: 1990: Cork 5–15 Galway 2–21". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
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