Joe Young (dual player)

Joe Young

Personal information
Sport	Dual player
Football Position:	Centre-forward
Hurling Position:	Right wing-forward
Born	(1933-11-15)15 November 1933 Donnycarney, Dublin, Irish Free State
Died	6 May 2023(2023-05-06) (aged 89) Barna, County Galway, Ireland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Occupation	Army officer
Club(s)
Years	Club
	St. Vincent's An Chéad Cath
Club titles
	Football	Hurling
Dublin titles	1	2
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1953–1954 1955–1958 1955–1961	Dublin (SH) Galway (SH) Galway (SF)
Inter-county titles
	Football	Hurling
Connacht Titles	6	0
All-Ireland Titles	1	0
League titles	0	0

Joseph Young (15 November 1933 – 6 May 2023) was an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with St. Vincent's and An Chéad Cath, and also lined out as a dual player at inter-county level with various Dublin and Galway teams.

Career

Young first played Gaelic football and hurling as a schoolboy at St. Joseph's CBS in Fairview. He simultaneously progressed to adult level with the St. Vincent's club as a dual player and won Dublin SHC medals in 1954 before completing a SHC-SFC double in 1954. Young later lined out with An Chéad Cath in Galway.^[1]

Young first appeared on the inter-county scene at minor level with Dublin. He later progressed to the Dublin junior team and won an All-Ireland medal in that grade in 1952.^[2] Young spent a number of years with the Dublin senior hurling team before transferring to the Galway senior teams as a dual player. As a hurler, he suffered All-Ireland final defeats against Wexford in 1955 and Tipperary in 1958. As a Gaelic footballer, Young won six consecutive Connacht SFC medals. He also claimed an All-Ireland SFC medal in 1956.^[3]

Personal life and death

Born in Donnycarney, Young enlisted in the Defence Forces as a member of 27 Cadet Class and was commissioned into the Infantry Corps in 1954. He spent his early years with An Chéad Cath in Galway, before later serving in a variety of appointments throughout the Defence Forces.^[4]

Young died on 6 May 2023, at the age of 89.^[5][6]

Honours

St. Vincent's

• Dublin Senior Football Championship: 1954
• Dublin Senior Hurling Championship: 1953, 1954

Dublin

• All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship: 1952
• Leinster Junior Hurling Championship: 1952

Galway

• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1955
• Connacht Senior Football Championship: 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960

References

1. "Pen Pictures of the Men Who Will Don the Galway Jerseys". Connacht Tribune. 6 October 1956. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
2. "Leinster Junior All-Ireland Hurling Winning Teams" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
3. "Galway profile". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
4. "Col Joe Young RIP". ARCO Ireland website. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
5. "Galway football mourns All-Ireland winner Joe Young". Irish Examiner. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
6. "Former Galway All-Ireland winner Joe Young dies aged 90". RTÉ News. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.