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Noel Dunne

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Noel Dunne
Personal information
Irish name Nollaig Ó Doinn
Sport Hurling
Position Left wing-back
Born 1948
Cloughduv, County Cork, Ireland
Occupation Teacher
Club(s)
Years Club
Cloughduv
Canovee
Muskerry
Club titles
  Football Hurling
Cork titles 1 0
Colleges(s)
Years College
University College Cork
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1972–1975
Cork 3 (0–00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 2
All-Irelands 0
NHL 2
All Stars 0

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

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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

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Canovee
Cloughduv
Muskerry
Cork

References

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