Mike Cummins Explained

Code:Hurling
Sport:Hurling
Mike Cummins
Irish:Mícheál Ó Cuimin
Occupation:Farmer
County:Wexford
Province:Leinster
Club:Ballymurn
Clcounty:2
Counties:Wexford
Icyears:1901-1918
Icprovince:3
Icallireland:1
Icupdate:15:40, 3 February 2013
Birth Date:6 September 1878
Birth Place:Ballymurn, County Wexford, Ireland
Death Date:24 December 1948 (aged 70)
Death Place:Ballymurn, County Wexford, Ireland

Michael Cummins (6 September 1878 – 24 December 1948) was an Irish hurler who played for the Wexford senior team.

Cummins joined the team during the 1901 championship, and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1918 championship. During that time, he won one All-Ireland and three Munster medals.[1] [2] An All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion, Cummins also won Tyler Cup and Croke Cup medals as a Gaelic footballer.[3]

At club level Cummins was a two-time county club championship medallist with Ballymurn.

Notes and References

  1. News: GAA Profile:Wexford. Hogan Stand website. 23 April 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100303083442/http://www.hoganstand.com/Wexford/Profile.aspx. 3 March 2010.
  2. News: Leinster Senior Hurling Finalists . Leinster GAA website . 23 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141205220340/http://leinster.gaa.ie/_fileupload/Archives/P40_69%20Finalis.pdf . 5 December 2014 .
  3. News: 125 Greatest Wexford Hurlers. 8 January 2012. Enniscorthy Guardian. 3 February 2013. Brendan. Furlong. https://web.archive.org/web/20100308135112/http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/sport/hurling/125-greatest-wexford-hurlers-2005518.html. 8 March 2010. dead.