Andrew Quinn

Andrew Quinn

Personal information
Irish name	Aindrias Ó Cuinn
Sport	Hurling
Position	Right corner-forward
Born	(1983-05-25) 25 May 1983 (age 41) Tulla, County Clare, Ireland
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Tulla
Club titles
Clare titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2003-2010	Clare
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	0
All-Irelands	0
NHL	0
All Stars	0

Andrew Quinn (born 25 May 1983) is an Irish hurler who played as a right corner-forward for the Clare senior hurling team.

Andrew Quinn's underage career with St Flannan's College included winning Munster under-15 hurling and football, Munster under-16 hurling and football, Dean Ryan and Frewen Cups, and won two Dr Harty Cups and one All-Ireland in 2000 and denied a third Harty Cup in 2001.

At club he won Minor A championship in 2000. He is also a county club championship medalist with Tulla. He contributed high scores on the path to final scoring 1-43 and contested Munster Club and Clare Cup finals after^{[clarification needed]}. At the college level he collected a Fitzgibbon Medal with Ul.^{[clarification needed]}

In 2007 when Tulla reached the final of the county championship for the first time in almost seventy-five years. Crusheen, a team which had never won the title, provided the opposition. Quinn's brother Brian scored a crucial goal as Tulla secured a 1–7 to 0–9 victory. His brother Mark played at centre back and another brother Karl was a substitute.^[1] The victory gave Quinn a Clare Senior Hurling Championship medal.

Inter-county

Quinn first came to prominence on the inter-county scene at under-age levels with Clare playing at all levels. He played minor and under-21 for three years.^[2]

He made his senior debut for Clare in a National Hurling League game against Meath in 2002 and later became a regular impact substitute during the subsequent championship campaign. In spite of losing their opening game, Clare surprised the hurling world by qualifying for the All-Ireland final. Quinn came on as a substitute once again as his side put up a good fight against Kilkenny. A combined tally of 2-13 for Henry Shefflin and D. J. Carey gave "the Cats" a seven-point victory. In 2003 he started at full forward in Clare's Munster championship win over Tipperary scoring 1–2.^[3]

References

1. O'Sullivan, Jim (22 October 2007). "Battling Tulla get the breaks". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
2. "Culbert and Quinn out of Under 21 match". Hogan Stand website. 31 May 2002. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
3. Moran, Seán (9 September 2002). "Kilkenny a different class". Irish Times. Retrieved 6 October 2012.