Noel Dunne

Cork hurler

Noel Dunne
Personal information
Irish name Nollaig Ó Doinn
Sport Hurling
Position Left wing-back
Born 1948
Cloughduv, County Cork, Ireland
Occupation Teacher
Club(s)
Years Club
Cloughduv
Canovee
→ Muskerry
Club titles
  Football Hurling
Cork titles 1 0
Colleges(s)
Years College
University College Cork
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1972–1975
Cork 3 (0–00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 2
All-Irelands 0
NHL 2
All Stars 0

Noel Dunne (born 1948) is an Irish former hurler and Gaelic footballer. He played with club sides Cloughduv and Canovee, divisional side Muskerry and at inter-county level with Cork.

Career

Dunne first played hurling with the Cloughduv minor team that won three successive divisional titles in the mid-1960s. He soon progressed to adult level and won a Cork JFC title with sister club Canovee in 1968.[1] Dunne was a member of the Cloughduv junior team and added a Cork JHC title to his collection in 1970.[2] He was also a member of the Muskerry divisional teams as a dual player that year and, after losing the SHC final, won a Cork SFC medal after a defeat of Nemo Rangers.[3][4] Dunne enjoyed further club success when Canovee-Cloughduv completed an intermediate double in 1973.

Dunne first appeared on the inter-county scene with Cork as a member of the minor team that won the Munster MHC title in 1966.[5] He later progressed to the under-21 team and won consecutive All-Ireland U21HC titles in 1968 and 1969.[6] Dunne spent three season with the Cork junior football team and won three consecutive Munster JFC titles.[7] He was part of the Cork senior hurling team that won National League and Munster SHC honours in 1972. Dunne spent a number of seasons associated with the team and won a second National League title in 1974 before claiming a second Munster SHC medal in 1975.[8]

Honours

Canovee
Cloughduv
Muskerry
Cork

References

  1. ^ "Canovee GAA history". Kilmurruy website. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  2. ^ "History". Cloughduv GAA website. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Classic county hurling finals: UCC denied Muskerry the double in 1970". Echo Live. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Muskerry 1970". Muskerry GAA website. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Minor hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Under 21 hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Junior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Cork SHC teams: 1970-1979" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
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Cork – 1968 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Champions (2nd title)
Subs used
M. McCarthy
R. Lehane
J. Murphy
Subs not used
H. O'Brien
J. Barrett
G. Cronin
M. Malone
Selectors
J. McHugh
D. O'Mahony
F. Murphy
B. Troy
P. Cooney
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Cork – 1969 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Champions (3rd title)
Sub used
16 P. McDonnell for S. Looney
Subs not used
17 P. Geary
18 J. Barrett
19 M. Malone
20 T. Buckley
Selectors
J. McHugh
D. O'Mahony
F. Murphy
B. Troy
P. Cooney