Code: | Football |
Sport: | Gaelic football |
Peter Quinn | |
Irish: | Peadar Ó Cuinn |
Occupation: | Roman Catholic priest |
County: | Mayo |
Province: | Connacht |
Club: | Ardnaree Sarsfields |
Clcounty: | 0 |
Counties: | Mayo |
Icposition: | Wing-back |
Icyears: | 1948–1951 |
Icprovince: | 4 |
Icallireland: | 2 |
Nfl: | 0 |
Birth Date: | 1925 |
Birth Place: | Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland |
Death Date: | 30 January 2016 (aged 90) |
Death Place: | Enniscrone, County Sligo, Ireland |
Peter Quinn (1925 - 30 January 2016), also credited as Peter Quinlan (to avoid the ban on clerics playing inter county football), was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a wing-back at senior level for the Mayo county team.[1]
Born near Ballina, County Mayo, Quinn was introduced to Gaelic football during his schooling at St Muredach's College. At club level he first lined out as a minor with Ardnaree before later joining the senior team.
Quinn made his debut on the inter-county scene when he first linked up with the Mayo senior team. He went on to play a key role during a hugely successful era, and won two All-Ireland medals and four Connacht medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
Quinn retired from inter-county football following the conclusion of the 1951 championship.
Fr Quinn was a native of Quignashee, Ballina, and was ordained in Dalgan Park, Navan, County Meath, for the Columban Missionaries in 1950. His brother Des was also a Columban Fathers.[2]