Noel Dunne Explained

Code:Hurling
Sport:Hurling
Noel Dunne
Irish:Nollaig Ó Doinn
Occupation:Teacher
County:Cork
Province:Munster
Club:Cloughduv
Canovee
Muskerry
Clcountyf:1
Clcountyh:0
Colleges:University College Cork
Fitz:0
Counties:Cork
Icposition:Left wing-back
Icyears:1972–1975
Icapps(Points):3 (0–00)
Icprovince:2
Icallireland:0
Nhl:2
Allstars:0
Birth Date:1948
Birth Place:Cloughduv, County Cork, Ireland

Noel Dunne (born 1948) is an Irish former hurler and Gaelic footballer. He played with club sides Cloughduv and Canovee, divisional side Muskerry and at inter-county level with Cork.

Career

Dunne first played hurling with the Cloughduv minor team that won three successive divisional titles in the mid-1960s. He soon progressed to adult level and won a Cork JFC title with sister club Canovee in 1968.[1] Dunne was a member of the Cloughduv junior team and added a Cork JHC title to his collection in 1970.[2] He was also a member of the Muskerry divisional teams as a dual player that year and, after losing the SHC final, won a Cork SFC medal after a defeat of Nemo Rangers.[3] [4] Dunne enjoyed further club success when Canovee-Cloughduv completed an intermediate double in 1973.

Dunne first appeared on the inter-county scene with Cork as a member of the minor team that won the Munster MHC title in 1966.[5] He later progressed to the under-21 team and won consecutive All-Ireland U21HC titles in 1968 and 1969.[6] Dunne spent three season with the Cork junior football team and won three consecutive Munster JFC titles.[7] He was part of the Cork senior hurling team that won National League and Munster SHC honours in 1972. Dunne spent a number of seasons associated with the team and won a second National League title in 1974 before claiming a second Munster SHC medal in 1975.[8]

Honours

Canovee

1973

1968

1968

Cloughduv

1973, 1983

1970

1967, 1970

Muskerry

1970

Cork

1972, 1975

1971-72, 1973-74

1970, 1971, 1972

1968, 1969

1968, 1969

1966

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Canovee GAA history. Kilmurruy website. 28 June 2019.
  2. Web site: History. Cloughduv GAA website. 28 June 2019.
  3. Web site: Classic county hurling finals: UCC denied Muskerry the double in 1970. Echo Live. 8 May 2020. 24 June 2022.
  4. Web site: Muskerry 1970. Muskerry GAA website. 28 June 2019.
  5. News: Minor hurling. Munster GAA website. 20 June 2022.
  6. News: Under 21 hurling. Munster GAA website. 20 June 2022.
  7. News: Junior football. Munster GAA website. 20 June 2022.
  8. News: Cork SHC teams: 1970-1979. Cork GAA website. 20 June 2022.