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I was asked this question today. A good quiz question. Eoghan Collins, one of the coaches for Colmans School from Claremorris, in colleges football final last Monday, played football for Clare and hurling for Mayo. Surely there are more? GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7845 - 19/03/2025 18:41:31 2597342 Link 0 |
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Vinny murphy played football for the dubs and hurling for kerry. Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2223 - 20/03/2025 13:14:58 2597467 Link 3 |
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ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1291 - 20/03/2025 13:33:46 2597471 Link 6 |
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Liam Currams . . Football with Offaly, hurling with Derry. Curlew66 (Roscommon) - Posts: 601 - 20/03/2025 13:52:39 2597476 Link 1 |
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Emmet Farrell (Eamon O Fearghail) played football with Galway and hurling for Donegal. Curlew66 (Roscommon) - Posts: 601 - 20/03/2025 14:24:02 2597483 Link 0 |
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Mattie McDonagh at minor played for Galway footballers and Roscommon hurlers. Ailteoir (Galway) - Posts: 892 - 20/03/2025 15:11:42 2597497 Link 0 |
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Mark Mullins football (and hurling) for Carlow and hurling for Cork. Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1505 - 20/03/2025 19:39:42 2597544 Link 0 |
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Ben Tansey played hurling and football for Roscommon and then went on to play in both codes for Meath Miko (Galway) - Posts: 1 - 20/03/2025 23:26:29 2597567 Link 0 |
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That's very impressive to play in both codes for both counties, I have never heard of anyone doing that before. Also, I see from his Wiki page that he also played Railway cup hurling for Connacht so he must have been seriously talented in both codes.
county man (Limerick) - Posts: 1127 - 21/03/2025 09:27:36 2597592 Link 0 |
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CJ McGourty, Antrim, football and Tyrone, hurling. Maguiresman (Fermanagh) - Posts: 9 - 21/03/2025 09:46:49 2597598 Link 0 |
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Lol. He famously played hurling in Kildare all right. But not for Kildare. Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2788 - 21/03/2025 09:46:59 2597599 Link 0 |
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Liam Currams won senior All Ireland football and hurling medals with Offaly. He also played in senior football and hurling finals in the same year. Unlikely to see this ever again. letsgetgoing (Roscommon) - Posts: 699 - 21/03/2025 10:00:40 2597602 Link 1 |
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Remind me Pikeman96 I thought he played for Kildare?
ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1291 - 21/03/2025 11:42:46 2597625 Link 0 |
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The story with Johnston is that he got an inter-county transfer from Cavan to Kildare all right. But the rules of the time were that before he could line out with the Kildare county footballers, he had to play in a club match there. And as chance would have it, there were only club hurling matches coming up before the Kildare county team were due in action again. So despite never having held a hurl in his life, he got a loan of one (and a helmet!) somewhere, togged off for a club hurling match, and came on for the last two minutes. He probably never used hurl or helmet again after that either! Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2788 - 21/03/2025 12:10:04 2597630 Link 0 |
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He played the first 30seconds of a club hurling championship match for his adopted football clubs sister hurling club. Made a mockery out of our hurling championship.
Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2223 - 21/03/2025 13:15:06 2597639 Link 0 |
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It's happened a bit in recent years if you count New York as a county. Johnny Glynn Galway and Danny Sutcliffe Dublin two that come to mind. Playing for two different counties in the same sport is not that uncommon down through the years, you could rattle quite a few. Nearly sure Mattie McDonagh who won 4 senior all irelands with Galway actually played for two different counties in two different sports in the one year, football for Galway and hurling for Roscommon, albeit at minor. Fionan Mackessey has a minor all Ireland football medal with Kerry and obviously plays hurling for Kilkenny now (I'd imagine he's the first ever man to hurl for Kilkenny with a minor football all Ireland amongst it all too) sure there's more I can't remember as well as the lads named by others. Throughthemidfieldhewasstormin (Wexford) - Posts: 296 - 21/03/2025 14:31:59 2597649 Link 1 |
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He played the first 30seconds of a club hurling championship match for his adopted football clubs sister hurling club. Made a mockery out of our hurling championship."]Apologies if I had it wrong above. Was it that he had to start a match, and so he only "played" for the first bit? I had it the other way round.
Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2788 - 21/03/2025 15:13:07 2597659 Link 0 |
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Pierce Grace won 2 AI Football medals with Dublin in 1906 and 1907, and 3 AI Hurling medals with Kilkenny, 1911, 12 and 13. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15210 - 21/03/2025 15:34:52 2597662 Link 2 |
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Apologies if I had it wrong above. Was it that he had to start a match, and so he only "played" for the first bit? I had it the other way round."]He only had to make an appearance so he started the match and was substituted at the earliest first chance possible. An absolute farce.
Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2223 - 21/03/2025 16:59:08 2597681 Link 0 |
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Some crazy achievements in the early years have been unfortunately forgotten to time. That's an amazing one.
Throughthemidfieldhewasstormin (Wexford) - Posts: 296 - 21/03/2025 17:42:02 2597689 Link 0 |