Mick Quane Explained

Code:Hurling
Sport:Hurling
Mick Quane
Irish:Mícheál Ó Cuain
Birth Date:1934
Birth Place:Newmarket, County Cork, Ireland
Feet:5
Inches:7
County:Cork
Province:Munster
Clubs:Newmarket
Glen Rovers
Clcounty:4
Counties:Cork
Icposition:Full-forward
Icyears:1958-1962
Icapps(Points):6 (3-05)
Icprovince:0
Icallireland:0
Nhl:0

Michael Quane (born 1934[1]) is an Irish former hurler who played at club level with Glen Rovers and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. He usually lined out as a forward.

Playing career

Quane first came to prominence with the Newmarket club before transferring to Glen Rovers in Cork.[2] [3] He first lined out with the senior team in 1955 and won four Cork SHC titles in total.[4] Quane first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork junior hurling team that won the All-Ireland JHC title in 1955.[5] He captained the juniors to a second All-Ireland crown in 1958, while also being drafted onto the Cork senior hurling team that year.[6] Quane went on to line out in three successive Munster finals without success.[7]

Honours

Glen Rovers

1958, 1959, 1960, 1962

Cork

1955, 1958(c)

1955, 1958 (c)

Notes and References

  1. News: Michael Quane in 1934. Find My Past website. 3 January 2022.
  2. Web site: Minor hurling county semi-final of 1951. Newmarket GAA website. 3 January 2022.
  3. Web site: History. Newmarket GAA website. 3 January 2022.
  4. Web site: Christy Ring and Glen Rovers: Buying into the Blackpool spirit. Irish Examiner. 30 October 2020. 3 January 2022.
  5. Web site: Junior hurling. Munster GAA website. 3 January 2022.
  6. Web site: Cork SHC teams; 1950-1959. Cork GAA website. 3 January 2022.
  7. Web site: Cork SHC teams; 1960-1969. Cork GAA website. 3 January 2022.