Tomás Quinn Explained

Tomás Quinn
Irish:Tomás Ó Cuinn
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Height:1.830NaN0
Sport:Gaelic football
Code:Football
County:Dublin
Province:Leinster
Club:St Vincents
Clyears:2000–
Clposition:Full forward
Clcounty:5
Clprovince:4
Clallireland:2
Counties:Dublin
Icyears:2003–2012
Icposition:Left corner forward
Icapps(Points):81 (21–213)[1]
Icprovince:7
Icallireland:1

Tomás 'Mossy' Quinn (Irish: Tomás Ó Cuinn) is an Irish Gaelic footballer from Dublin who plays for the St Vincents club and, formerly, for the Dublin county team.

Biography

Sometimes known as Mossy Quinn, he attended Ardscoil Rís in Marino.

He made his debut for Dublin in the opening match of the 2003 National Football League against Armagh.[2] Quinn was part of the Dublin panel that won the All-Ireland Senior Football championship in 2011. On 2 November 2012, Quinn retired as an inter-county player.[3]

He was the free-taker for the senior Dublin team. He has finished the last two seasons in the league as the top scorer for his county and finished as top scorer in the 2005 championship. Quinn had been coached by former Dublin player and club-mate Jimmy Keaveney.

After retiring from the inter-county game, Quinn was an integral part of the St Vincent's team that won Dublin and Leinster SFC in 2013 and then the All-Ireland Club title versus Castlebar Mitchells on St Patrick's Day at Croke Park. St Vincent's retained their Dublin and Leinster SFC crowns in 2014 but were beaten by eventual winners Corofin in the All-Ireland semi-final in Feb 2015. Quinn again played a key role in St Vincent's winning the Dublin SFC, with a man of the match performance in the 2016 final against Castleknock. He collected his fourth Leinster club title after defeating Offaly champions Rhode but Vincent's were beaten by Derry champions Slaughtneil in the All-Ireland final in Feb 2017.

In January 2014, Quinn took up his role as Commercial and Marketing Manager for Dublin GAA, the first role of its kind for GAA counties.

National League appearances

width=30 style="text-align: center;" DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
12 February 2003Parnell Park, DublinArmagh0–30–7 : 1–15National Football League Round 1
29 February 2003Ballyshannon, DonegalDonegal1–51–10 : 0–9National Football League Round 2
316 February 2003Parnell Park, DublinTyrone0–10–12 : 0–11National Football League Round 3
42 March 2003Fitzgerald Stadium, KillarneyKerry0–30–14 : 2–11National Football League Round 4
523 March 2003Dr. Hyde Park, RoscommonRoscommon0–20–17 : 0–14National Football League Round 6
66 April 2003Parnell Park, DublinGalway–0–12 : 1–9National Football League Round 7
71 February 2004Parnell Park, DublinTyrone0–10–9 : 0–8National Football League Round 1
88 February 2004McHale Park, CastlebarMayo0–10–3 : 1–10National Football League Round 2
915 February 2004Parnell Park, DublinKerry0–40–12 : 1–12National Football League Round 3
107 March 2004Cusack Park, MullingarWestmeath0–40–15 : 0–10National Football League Round 4
1114 March 2004Brewster Park, EnniskillenFermanagh0–30–12 : 0–12National Football League Round 5
124 April 2004Parnell Park, DublinLongford0–42–12 : 2–9National Football League Round 7
135 February 2005Parnell Park, DublinMayo2–22–13 : 1–15National Football League Round 1
1513 February 2005Healy Park, OmaghTyrone0–40–9 : 1–10National Football League Round 2
165 March 2005Austin Stack Park, TraleeKerry0–12–11 : 2–13National Football League Round 3
1712 March 2005Parnell Park, DublinWestmeath0–70–11 : 0–9National Football League Round 4
1820 March 2005Parnell Park, DublinDonegal1–41–11 : 0–13National Football League Round 5
1926 March 2005Páirc Uí Rinn, CorkCork0–31–6 : 0–18National Football League Round 6
203 April 2005O'Connor Park, TullamoreOffaly1–21–13 : 2–6National Football League Round 7
215 February 2006Healy Park, OmaghTyrone1–71–9 : 1–6National Football League Round 1
2212 February 2006Parnell Park, DublinMonaghan0–40–7 : 1–11National Football League Round 2
234 March 2006Parnell Park, DublinOffaly0–21–10 : 3–2National Football League Round 3
2411 March 2006Páirc Uí Rinn, CorkCork0–21–10 : 1–11National Football League Round 4
2519 March 2006Brewster Park, FermanaghFermanagh0–50–8 : 0–9National Football League Round 5
2625 March 2006Parnell Park, DublinMayo2–24–10 : 1–10National Football League Round 6
2710 February 2007Gaelic Grounds, LimerickLimerick0–40–14 : 1–10National Football League Round 2
2825 February 2007Ballyshannon, DonegalDonegal–0–5 : 0–9National Football League Round 3
2910 March 2007Parnell Park, DublinCork0–51–13 : 0–7National Football League Round 4
2924 March 2007Parnell Park, DublinFermanagh1–13–15 : 0–7National Football League Round 5
301 April 2007McHale Park, CastlebarMayo0–10–9 : 0–10National Football League Round 6
315 April 2008Parnell Park, DublinRoscommon1–33–20 : 0–7National Football League Round 6
3220 April 2008Parnell Park, DublinMeath0–60–13 : 2–6National Football League Round 7
3322 March 2009Ballina, MayoMayo–0–9 : 0–9National Football League Round 5
3412 April 2009Parnell Park, DublinWestmeath–5–22 : 0–10National Football League Round 7

Championship appearances

width=30 style="text-align: center;" DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
11 June 2003Croke Park, DublinLouth0–31–19 : 0–9Leinster Championship Quarter final
215 June 2003Croke Park, DublinLaois0–30–14 : 0–16Leinster Championship Semi final
328 June 2003St. Tiernach's Park, DerryDerry–3–9 : 1–9Qualifiers Round 2
412 June 2004Parnell Park, DublinLondon1–53–24 : 0–6Qualifiers Round 1
53 July 2004Carrick on Shannon, LeitrimLeitrim0–31–13 : 0–4Qualifiers Round 2
610 July 2004O'Moore Park, PortlaoiseLongford0–51–17 : 0–11Qualifiers Round 3
71 August 2004Croke Park, DublinRoscommon–1–14 : 0–13Qualifiers Round 4
814 August 2004Croke Park, DublinKerry–1–8 : 1–15All Ireland Quarter final
915 May 2005Croke Park, DublinLongford0–52–23 : 0–10Leinster Championship Preliminary Quarter final
105 June 2005Croke Park, DublinMeath0–11–12 : 1–10Leinster Championship Quarter final
1119 June 2005Croke Park, DublinWexford0–101–17 : 2–10Leinster Championship Semi final
1217 July 2005Croke Park, DublinLaois0–40–14 : 0–13Leinster Championship Final
1313 August 2005Croke Park, DublinTyrone1–71–14 : 1–14All Ireland Quarter final
1427 August 2005Croke Park, DublinTyrone0–21–14 : 2–18All Ireland Quarter final replay
154 June 2006Pearse Park, LongfordLongford0–21–12 : 0–13Leinster Championship Quarter final
1625 June 2006Croke Park, DublinLaois2–33–17 : 0–12Leinster Championship Semi final
1716 July 2006Croke Park, DublinOffaly0–81–15 : 0–9Leinster Championship Final
1813 August 2006Croke Park, DublinWestmeath1–21–12 : 0–5All Ireland Quarter final
1927 August 2006Croke Park, DublinMayo0–22–12 : 1–16All-Ireland Semi final
203 June 2007Croke Park, DublinMeath0–31–11 : 0–14Leinster Championship Quarter final
2117 June 2007Croke Park, DublinMeath0–10–16 : 0–12Leinster Championship Quarter final replay
2224 June 2007Croke Park, DublinOffaly0–11–12 : 0–10Leinster Championship Semi final
2315 July 2007Croke Park, DublinLaois0–13–14 : 1–14Leinster Championship Final
2411 August 2007Croke Park, DublinDerry–0–18 : 0–15All Ireland Quarter final
2526 August 2007Croke Park, DublinKerry–0–16 : 1–15All-Ireland Semi final
268 June 2008Croke Park, DublinLouth0–61–22 : 0–12Leinster Championship Quarter final
2729 June 2008Croke Park, DublinWestmeath0–30–13 : 1–8Leinster Championship Semi final
2820 July 2008Croke Park, DublinWexford0–53–23 : 0–9Leinster Championship Final
2916 August 2008Croke Park, DublinTyrone0–21–8 : 3–14All Ireland Quarter final
3028 June 2009Croke Park, DublinWestmeath1–14–26 : 0–11Leinster Championship Semi final
3113 June 2010Croke Park, DublinWexford0–42–16 : 0–15Leinster Championship Quarter final
3227 June 2010Croke Park, DublinMeath0–70–13 : 5–9Leinster Championship Semi final

Yearly performance

2005

In the 2005 league Quinn became Dublin's first choice free taker. Throughout the National Football League he showed he could hold his nerve scoring the winning points in two matches from dead balls. He finished the NFL campaign with 4–23 (0-13f, 1–0 pen, 0–2 '45').

Quinn was on the Dublin panel that beat Laois in the Leinster Senior Football Championship Final at Croke Park. He scored a total of four points in the final with two being of special note both scored in the dying minutes. The first drew the teams level while the second was the match winning point.

He finished the 2005 All-Ireland and Leinster Championships with a total of 1–29, which confirmed him as the top scoring player from Leinster. He finished in fifth top scorer as the All-Ireland Championship due to a lack of progress on Dublin's part in the 2005 Championship.

2006

He finished the 2006 NFL campaign as top scorer for the Dublin Senior panel with a total score of 3–22 (2–0 pens, 0-13f, 0–4 '45'). He was on Dublin's winning side in the 2006 Leinster Senior football championship final clash against Offaly, helping Dublin gain their 46th championship. Quinn featured in the All-Ireland quarter-final victory over Westmeath, notching a first-half goal. He was substituted in the second half of the All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Mayo.

At club level, Mossy scored a total of 1–4 (0–3 '45', 0-1f) for St Vincent's in their drubbing of Parnells, taking St Vincent's to the fourth round of the 2006 Dublin Senior Football Championship. In the fourth round, St Vincent's met St Brigid's. Quinn's first half goal proved to be the difference between the sides in a game that finished with a scoreline of 1–8 to 0–9. Mossy scored a total of 1–2 in the game which took St Vincent's in the Dublin Senior Club Football Championship quarter-final, where they played St Judes. His form continued against St Judes in a tight game in which Mossy scored 2–2 to take his side into the Dublin Championship semi-final against Na Fianna. Quinn helped guide his team past Na Fianna and went on to lose against UCD in the final. He finished the Dublin Championship as top-scorer in this year's championship with 7–31 (eight games). Quinn was named on the 2006 Dublin Bus/Evening Herald Blue Star football XV at full forward.[4]

2007

He won the 2007 O'Byrne Cup for Dublin against Laois at O'Connor Park in Offaly. The game finished on a scoreline of 1–18 to 2–13 against Laois. Mossy scored 1–11 (0-4f, 0–2 '45') for Dublin during their 2007 campaign in Division 1A.[5] Mark Vaughan replaced Quinn as the freekick taker for the Dublin senior football team for Dublin's second game against Meath in the quarter-final of the Leinster Senior Football Championship. Vaughan scored 0-8 as the freetaker and was selected as the freetaker for the semi-final against Offaly. Quinn retained his position on the Dublin team, despite losing his role as freetaker.[6] Quinn won his first Dublin Senior Football Championship medal with St Vincent's in 2007, scoring 0–4 in the final against St Brigid's at Parnell Park. Mossy then went on to win the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship final against Tyrrellspass of Westmeath.[7]

2008

Tomás won the 2008 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship with St Vincent's as captain while scoring total of 0–7 (0-5f) in their final win over Nemo Rangers.[8] Quinn was restored his free e-taking role with the Dublin senior team. He won his fourth Leinster title in a row with Dublin against Wexford in the final at Croke Park.[9]

Notes and References

  1. News: Conor. McKeon. Dublin's all-time leading scorers: How Dean Rock surpassed Bernard Brogan – and his own father. Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 11 September 2019. 11 September 2019.
  2. Web site: News.
  3. News: Seán Óg Ó hAilpín and Mossy Quinn retire from inter-county GAA. RTÉ Sport. 2 November 2012. 2 November 2012.
  4. Web site: News.
  5. Web site: News.
  6. Web site: News.
  7. Web site: News.
  8. Web site: News.
  9. Web site: News.

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