Brendan C. Considine (21 February 1897 – 17 December 1983) was an

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hurler, Gaelic footballer, rugby player and boxer who played as a left corner-forward for the Clare,

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, Cork and

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senior teams. He first played for Clare in

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and was a regular inter-county hurler until his retirement in

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. Part of the famous Considine family that included his brothers

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and Tull, Considine is regarded as one of Clare's greatest-ever hurlers. He won two

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winners' medals, winning his first as a seventeen-year-old in 1914 making him the youngest player ever to win an All-Ireland title. He also won two Munster hurling medals, two

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hurling medals and one

football medal. At club level Considine is a multiple county club championship medalist with Ennis Dalcassians and

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Considine, Brendan 1897 births 1983 deaths Dual players Ennis Dalcassians hurlers UCD hurlers Clare inter-county hurlers Dublin inter-county hurlers Cork inter-county hurlers Waterford inter-county hurlers Clare inter-county Gaelic footballers Dublin inter-county Gaelic footballers Munster inter-provincial hurlers People from Ennis All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners