| Code: | Football |
| Sport: | Gaelic Football |
| Jim Ahern | |
| Irish: | Séamus Ó hEachtairn |
| Feet: | 5 |
| Inches: | 8 |
| Occupation: | Roman Catholic priest |
| County: | Cork |
| Province: | Munster |
| Club: | Clonakilty |
| Clyears: | 1940s–1950s |
| Clcounty: | 6 |
| Counties: | Cork |
| Icposition: | Centre-forward |
| Icyears: | 1943–1948 |
| Icapps(Points): | 9 (5–09) |
| Icprovince: | 2 |
| Icallireland: | 1 |
| Nfl: | 0 |
| Icupdate: | 18:21, 12 April 2012 |
| Birth Date: | 17 October 1922 |
| Birth Place: | Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland |
| Death Place: | Elm Park, Dublin, Ireland |
James Ahern (17 October 1922 – 19 August 1988) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a left wing-back for the Cork senior team.
Ahern made his first appearance for the team during the 1943 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen over much of the next decade. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal and two Munster medals.[1]
At club level Ahern was a multiple county championship medalist with Clonakilty. Ahern died in August 1988 at the age of 65.[2]