Gerry Quinn (Gaelic footballer) explained

Code:Football
Sport:Gaelic football
Gerry Quinn
Irish:Gearóid Ó Coinn
Feet:5
Inches:10
County:Meath
Province:Leinster
Club:Kilbride
Clcounty:5
Counties:Meath
Icposition:Full-forward
Icprovince:3
Icallireland:1
Nfl:0
Birth Date:1940
Birth Place:Kilbride, County Meath, Ireland
Death Date:18 October 2020 (aged 80)
Death Place:Kilbride, County Meath, Ireland

Gerald T. Quinn (1940 – 18 October 2020[1]) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played at club level with Kilbride and at inter-county level with the Meath senior football team. He usually lined out as a forward.

Career

Quinn was a member of the Kilbride club team that earned promotion from junior to senior in the space of five seasons. After winning the respective Meath JFC and Meath IFC titles in 1960 and 1962, he won his first Meath SFC title in 1964. He won a second title in 1967 and then completed a three-in-a-row between 1969 and 1971.[2] Having represented the Meath minor football team in 1958, Quinn won an All-Ireland Junior Championship title in 1962 before being picked for the senior team in 1964. He was one of the key figures on the team that won the Leinster Championship that year. Quinn was at full-forward for the All-Ireland final defeat by Galway. He was a member of the panel, alongside his brothers Jack and Martin, when Meath beat Cork in the 1967 All-Ireland final.[3]

Death

Quinn died on 18 October 2020.[4]

Honours

Kilbride

1964, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971

1962

1960

Meath

1967

1964, 1966, 1967

1962

1962

Notes and References

  1. News: Sadness at passing of 1967 All-Ireland winner. Irish Independent. 31 October 2020. 14 December 2021.
  2. News: Gaels throughout Meath have been greatly saddened by the news of the passing of Kilbride’s Martin Quinn. Meath GAA website. 13 December 2021. 14 December 2021.
  3. News: The late Gerry Quinn. Hogan Stand. 19 October 2020. 14 December 2021.
  4. News: The death has occurred of Gerry Quinn. rip.ie. 13 December 2021. 17 December 2021.