Tomás Quinn

Tomás Quinn
Personal information
Irish name	Tomás Ó Cuinn
Sport	Gaelic Football
Position	Left Corner Forward
Born	Dublin, Ireland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Club(s)
Years	Club
2000-	St Vincents
Club titles
Dublin titles	3
Leinster titles	3
All-Ireland Titles	2
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2003-2012	Dublin
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	7
All-Irelands	1

Tomás 'Mossy' Quinn (Irish: Tomás Ó Cuinn) is an Irish All-Ireland winning Gaelic footballer from Dublin. He is sometimes known as Mossy Quinn. He plays his club football for St Vincents. He attended Ardscoil Rís in Marino and was the free-taker for the Dublin Senior Football Team. He has finished the last two seasons in the league as the top scorer for his county and finished as top scorer in the 2005 Championship. Quinn had been coached by former Dublin player and club-mate Jimmy Keaveney. Tomás made his debut for Dublin in the opening match of the 2003 National football league against Armagh. Quinn was part of the Dublin panel that won the All Ireland Senior Football championship in 2011. On 2 November 2012, Mossy Quinn retired from inter-county GAA.^[1] After retiring from Inter County duty Quinn was an integral part of the St Vincents team that won Dublin and Leinster SFC in 2013 and then the All Ireland Club title on St Patricks Day in Croke Park V Castlebar Mitchells. St. Vincents retained their Dublin and Leinster SFC crowns in 2014 but were beaten by eventual winners Corofin in the All Ireland Semi final in Feb 2015.

In January 2014, Tomás took up his role as Commercial and Marketing Manager for Dublin GAA, the first role of its kind for GAA counties.

National League appearances

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2 February 2003	Parnell Park, Dublin	Armagh	0–3	0–7 : 1–15	National Football League Round 1
2	9 February 2003	Ballyshannon, Donegal	Donegal	1–5	1–10 : 0–9	National Football League Round 2
3	16 February 2003	Parnell Park, Dublin	Tyrone	0–1	0–12 : 0–11	National Football League Round 3
4	2 March 2003	Fitzgerald Stadium, Kerry	Kerry	0–3	0–14 : 2–11	National Football League Round 4
5	23 March 2003	Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon	Roscommon	0–2	0–17 : 0–14	National Football League Round 6
6	6 April 2003	Parnell Park, Dublin	Galway	–	0–12 : 1–9	National Football League Round 7
7	1 February 2004	Parnell Park, Dublin	Tyrone	0–1	0–9 : 0–8	National Football League Round 1
8	8 February 2004	McHale Park, Castlebar	Mayo	0–1	0–3 : 1–10	National Football League Round 2
9	15 February 2004	Parnell Park, Dublin	Kerry	0–4	0–12 : 1–12	National Football League Round 3
10	7 March 2004	Cusack Park, Mullingar	Westmeath	0–4	0–15 : 0–10	National Football League Round 4
11	14 March 2004	Brewster Park, Enniskillen	Fermanagh	0–3	0–12 : 0–12	National Football League Round 5
12	4 April 2004	Parnell Park, Dublin	Longford	0–4	2–12 : 2–9	National Football League Round 7
13	5 February 2005	Parnell Park, Dublin	Mayo	2–2	2–13 : 1–15	National Football League Round 1
15	13 February 2005	Healy Park, Omagh	Tyrone	0–4	0–9 : 1–10	National Football League Round 2
16	5 March 2005	Austin Stack Park, Tralee	Kerry	0–1	2–11 : 2–13	National Football League Round 3
17	12 March 2005	Parnell Park, Dublin	Westmeath	0–7	0–11 : 0–9	National Football League Round 4
18	20 March 2005	Parnell Park, Dublin	Donegal	1–4	1–11 : 0–13	National Football League Round 5
19	26 March 2005	Pairc Ui Rinn, Cork	Cork	0–3	1–6 : 0–18	National Football League Round 6
20	3 April 2005	O'Connor Park, Tullamore	Offaly	1–2	1–13 : 2–6	National Football League Round 7
21	5 February 2006	Healy Park, Omagh	Tyrone	1–7	1–9 : 1–6	National Football League Round 1
22	12 February 2006	Parnell Park, Dublin	Monaghan	0–4	0–7 : 1–11	National Football League Round 2
23	4 March 2006	Parnell Park, Dublin	Offaly	0–2	1–10 : 3–2	National Football League Round 3
24	11 March 2006	Pairc Ui Rinn, Cork	Cork	0–2	1–10 : 1–11	National Football League Round 4
25	19 March 2006	Brewster Park, Fermanagh	Fermanagh	0–5	0–8 : 0–9	National Football League Round 5
26	25 March 2006	Parnell Park, Dublin	Mayo	2–2	4–10 : 1–10	National Football League Round 6
27	10 February 2007	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick	Limerick	0–4	0–14 : 1–10	National Football League Round 2
28	25 February 2007	Ballyshannon, Donegal	Donegal	–	0–5 : 0–9	National Football League Round 3
29	10 March 2007	Parnell Park, Dublin	Cork	0–5	1–13 : 0–7	National Football League Round 4
29	24 March 2007	Parnell Park, Dublin	Fermanagh	1–1	3–15 : 0–7	National Football League Round 5
30	1 April 2007	McHale Park, Castlebar	Mayo	0–1	0–9 : 0–10	National Football League Round 6
31	5 April 2008	Parnell Park, Dublin	Roscommon	1–3	3–20 : 0–7	National Football League Round 6
32	20 April 2008	Parnell Park, Dublin	Meath	0–6	0–13 : 2–6	National Football League Round 7
33	22 March 2009	Ballina, Mayo	Mayo	–	0–9 : 0–9	National Football League Round 5
34	12 April 2009	Parnell Park, Dublin	Westmeath	–	5–22 : 0–10	National Football League Round 7

Championship appearances

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	1 June 2003	Croke Park, Dublin	Louth	0–3	1–19 : 0–9	Leinster Championship Quarter final
2	15 June 2003	Croke Park, Dublin	Laois	0–3	0–14 : 0–16	Leinster Championship Semi final
3	28 June 2003	St. Tiernach's Park, Derry	Derry	–	3–9 : 1–9	Qualifiers Round 2
4	12 June 2004	Parnell Park, Dublin	London	1–5	3–24 : 0–6	Qualifiers Round 1
5	3 July 2004	Carrick on Shannon, Leitrim	Leitrim	0–3	1–13 : 0–4	Qualifiers Round 2
6	10 July 2004	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise	Longford	0–5	1–17 : 0–11	Qualifiers Round 3
7	1 August 2004	Croke Park, Dublin	Roscommon	–	1–14 : 0–13	Qualifiers Round 4
8	14 August 2004	Croke Park, Dublin	Kerry	–	1–8 : 1–15	All Ireland Quarter final
9	15 May 2005	Croke Park, Dublin	Longford	0–5	2–23 : 0–10	Leinster Championship Preliminary Quarter final
10	5 June 2005	Croke Park, Dublin	Meath	0–1	1–12 : 1–10	Leinster Championship Quarter final
11	19 June 2005	Croke Park, Dublin	Wexford	0–10	1–17 : 2–10	Leinster Championship Semi final
12	17 July 2005	Croke Park, Dublin	Laois	0–4	0–14 : 0–13	Leinster Championship Final
13	13 August 2005	Croke Park, Dublin	Tyrone	1–7	1–14 : 1–14	All Ireland Quarter final
14	27 August 2005	Croke Park, Dublin	Tyrone	0–2	1–14 : 2–18	All Ireland Quarter final replay
15	4 June 2006	Pearse Park, Longford	Longford	0–2	1–12 : 0–13	Leinster Championship Quarter final
16	25 June 2006	Croke Park, Dublin	Laois	2–3	3–17 : 0–12	Leinster Championship Semi final
17	16 July 2006	Croke Park, Dublin	Offaly	0–8	1–15 : 0–9	Leinster Championship Final
18	13 August 2006	Croke Park, Dublin	Westmeath	1–2	1–12 : 0–5	All Ireland Quarter final
19	27 August 2006	Croke Park, Dublin	Mayo	0–2	2–12 : 1–16	All-Ireland Semi final
20	3 June 2007	Croke Park, Dublin	Meath	0–3	1–11 : 0–14	Leinster Championship Quarter final
21	17 June 2007	Croke Park, Dublin	Meath	0–1	0–16 : 0–12	Leinster Championship Quarter final replay
22	24 June 2007	Croke Park, Dublin	Offaly	0–1	1–12 : 0–10	Leinster Championship Semi final
23	15 July 2007	Croke Park, Dublin	Laois	0–1	3–14 : 1–14	Leinster Championship Final
24	11 August 2007	Croke Park, Dublin	Derry	–	0–18 : 0–15	All Ireland Quarter final
25	26 August 2007	Croke Park, Dublin	Kerry	–	0–16 : 1–15	All-Ireland Semi final
26	8 June 2008	Croke Park, Dublin	Louth	0–6	1–22 : 0–12	Leinster Championship Quarter final
27	29 June 2008	Croke Park, Dublin	Westmeath	0–3	0–13 : 1–8	Leinster Championship Semi final
28	20 July 2008	Croke Park, Dublin	Wexford	0–5	3–23 : 0–9	Leinster Championship Final
29	16 August 2008	Croke Park, Dublin	Tyrone	0–2	1–8 : 3–14	All Ireland Quarter final
30	28 June 2009	Croke Park, Dublin	Westmeath	1–1	4–26 : 0–11	Leinster Championship Semi final
31	13 June 2010	Croke Park, Dublin	Wexford	0–4	2–16 : 0–15	Leinster Championship Quarter final
32	27 June 2010	Croke Park, Dublin	Meath	0–7	0–13 : 5–9	Leinster Championship Semi final

Yearly performance

2005

In the 2005 league Quinn became Dublin's first choice free taker. Throughout the National Football League he showed he could hold his nerve scoring the winning points in two matches from dead balls. He finished the NFL campaign with 4–23 (0-13f, 1–0 pen, 0–2 '45').

Quinn was on the Dublin panel that beat the Laois in the Leinster Senior Football Championship Final in Croke Park. He scored a total of four points in the final with two being of special note both scored in the dying minutes. The first drew the teams level while the second was the match winning point.

He finished the 2005 All-Ireland and Leinster Championships with a total of 1–29, which confirmed him as the top scoring player from Leinster. He finished in fifth top scorer as the All-Ireland Championship due to a lack of progress on Dublin's part in the 2005 Championship.

2006

He finished the 2006 NFL campaign as top scorer for the Dublin Senior panel with a total score of 3–22 (2–0 pens, 0-13f, 0–4 '45'). He was on Dublins winning side in the 2006 Leinster Senior football championship final clash against Offaly, helping Dublin gain their 46th championship. Quinn featured in the All-Ireland quarter final victory against Westmeath, notching a first half goal. He was substituted in the second half of the All-Ireland semi-final defeat at the hands of Mayo.

At club level, Mossy scored a total of 1–4 (0–3 '45', 0-1f) for St Vincents in their drubbing of Parnells, taking St Vincents to the fourth round of the 2006 Dublin senior club football championship. In the fourth round, St Vincents went on to meet St Brigids. Quinn's first half goal proved to be the difference between the sides in a game that finished at a scoreline of 1–8 to 0–9. Mossy scored a total of 1–2 in the game which took St Vincents in the Dublin Senior Club Football Championship quarter final where they played St Judes. He form continued against St Judes in a tight game in which Mossy scored 2–02 to take his side into the Dublin championship semi final against Na Fianna. Quinn helped guide his team past Na Fianna and went on to lose against UCD in the final. He finished the Dublin Championship as top-scorer in this year's championship with 7–31 (eight games). Quinn was named on the 2006 Dublin Bus/Evening Herald Blue Star football XV at full forward.

2007

He won the 2007 O'Byrne Cup for Dublin against Laois at O'Connor Park in Offaly. The game finished on a scoreline of 1–18 to 2–13 against Laois. Mossy scored 1–11 (0-4f, 0–2 '45') for Dublin during their 2007 campaign in Division 1A. Tomás was replaced by Mark Vaughan as the freekick taker for the Dublin senior football team for Dublins second game against Meath in the quarter final of the Leinster Senior Football Championship. Vaughan scored an impressive 0-08 as the freetaker and has been selected as the freetaker for the semi-final against Offaly. Quinn has retained his position on the Dublin team despite losing his role as freetaker. Quinn won his first Dublin Senior Football Championship medal with St Vincents in 2007, scoring 0–04 in the final against St Brigids at Parnell Park. Mossy then went on to win the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship final against Tyrrellspass of Westmeath.

2008

Tomás won the 2008 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship with St Vincents as captain while scoring total of 0–7 (0-5f) in their final win over Nemo Rangers. Quinn restored his free taking role with the Dublin senior football team. He won his fourth Leinster title in a row with Dublin against Wexford in the final at Croke Park.

References

↑ "Seán Óg Ó hAilpín and Mossy Quinn retire from inter-county GAA". RTÉ Sport. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

External links

St Vincent's – 2007 Dublin Senior Football Champions

1 M. Savage 2 P. Conlon 3 E. Brady 4 H. Gill 5 T. Doyle 6 G. Brennan 7 P. Kelly 8 H. Coughlan 9 M. O'Shea 10 K. Golden 11 T. Diamond 12 N. Billings 13 B. Maloney 14 D. Connolly 15 T. Quinn Substitutes P. Gilroy C. Brady Manager M. Whelan (Team as of October 2007 versus St Brigids)

St Vincents – 2014 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Champions

1 M. Savage 2 K. Bonnie 3 J. Curley 4 H. Gill 17 G. Brennan 6 B. Egan 7 M. Concarr 8 D. Murphy 9 E. Fennell 10 G. Burke 11 D. Connolly 12 S. Carthy 18 R. Trainor 14 C. Dorney 15 T. Quinn Sub used T. Diamond for Burke C. Diamond for Fennell K. Golden for Trainor A. Baxter for Dorney N. Mullins for Carthy Manager T. Conroy

Dublin – 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (23rd title)

Subs used: 21 P. McMahon for McCarthy; 24 K. McManamon for Flynn; 20 E. O'Gara for Cahill; 25 E. Fennell for Bastick

Subs not used: 16 M. Savage; 17 P. Conlon; 18 P. Casey; 19 D. Henry; 22 T. Quinn; 23 S. Murray; 26 R. McConnell; 27 C. Dias; 28 D. Lally; 29 P. Brogan; 30 P. Griffin

Manager: P. Gilroy

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