Ned Quinn

Edmund "Ned" Quinn (born May 1923) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a left wing-back for the Galway senior team.[1]

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

Born in Ardrahan, County Galway, Quinn first 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

References
  1. 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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