Ned Quinn
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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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