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ed the Macroom under-21 team to their very first Cork U21FC title after a defeat of St. Finbarr's in the final. Macroom failed to get past the quarter-final stage during their time in the Cork SFC and regraded after a number of years. Corrigan won a second Cork IFC title after a six-point win over

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in the 1990 final. He continued to line out for another few years before retiring after a defeat by

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in the

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of the 1992 Cork SFC.

Inter-county career

Corrigan began a two-year association with the Cork minor football team as a 16-year-old right wing-back for the 1979 Munster MFC. He was moved to right corner-back and centre-forward the following year, however, his two seasons with the team ended with consecutive Munster final defeats by

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. Corrigan immediately progressed to the under-21 team and ended his debut season in that grade with an All-Ireland U21FC title after a defeat of

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in the 1981 final replay. He won a second consecutive Munster U21FC in 1982 before serving as under-21 team captain in his third and final season in 1983. Corrigan was in his second year with the under-21 team when he earned a call-up to the senior team for the 1982 Munster SFC. He came on as a substitute in that year's Munster final replay defeat by

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. Corrigan claimed his first senior silverware when he lined out at midfield in Cork's 3-10 to 3-09 defeat of Kerry in the 1983 Munster final. After losing the next three Munster finals to Kerry, Corrigan claimed a second provincial winners' medal after Kerry were beaten in a replay in 1987. He was again at full-back when Cork suffered a 1-14 to 0-11 defeat by Meath in the 1987 All-Ireland final. In spite of the defeat, Corrigan ended the season by being named as the All-Star full-back. He collected a third Munster winners' medal when Cork retained the title in 1988, however, he later ended up on the losing for a second consecutive year as Meath beat Cork in the 1988 All-Ireland final replay. Corrigan was once again named as the All-Star fill-back. Corrigan added a

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medal to his collection in 1989, however, the final victory over

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did not pass without incident as he suffered a severe leg injury. It was later revealed that he had damaged the

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in his right leg and underwent surgery at Tralee General Hospital immediately after arriving back in Ireland. The injury ruled Corrigan out of the 1989 All-Ireland SFC, however, he remained part of the extended panel as Cork secured the title after a defeat of

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in the

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. For a time, it looked as if Corrigan's career was over as a result of the injury, however, he returned to the Cork team during the 1989-90 National League. He later came on as a substitute in Cork's opening round defeat of

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in the 1990 Munster SFC. It was his only championship appearance that season as Corrigan was an unused substitute for Cork's subsequent Munster final defeat of

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. He was also listed amongst the substitutes when Cork beat Meath by 0-11 to 0-09 in the 1990 All-Ireland final. Corrigan was again part of the Cork panel for the early stages of the 1990-91 National League, however, a persistent knee injury resulted in him stepping away for the team.

Management career

Corrigan had just brought an end to his inter-county career when he became

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of the Cork junior football team in 1992. Success was instant with Cork securing the Munster JFC title before losing the 1992 All-Ireland junior final to

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. After bringing his club career to and in 1992, Corrigan continued his involvement with his hometown club by taking over as the

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coach. He enjoyed little success in this role before taking charge of the

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of the 1995 Cork SFC were they were beaten by

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. Corrigan was appointed assistant coach of the Cork senior team under Billy Morgan during the latter's unsuccessful final season in charge in 1996. He simultaneously took charge of the

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junior team that season before returning as Muskerry coach in 1997. Corrigan joined the

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club as coach the following year and guided the team to consecutive North Cork JAFC] titles as well as a Cork Junior A Football Championship, Cork JAFC final appearance. Corrigan returned to the Cork senior team as part of Billy Morgan's management team in 2003. He spent two largely unsuccessful seasons with the team before once again returning to Macroom where he served as team manager and selector over the following few seasons. Corrigan was a selector when Macroom beat

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by 1-09 to 0-10 to win the 2010 Cork IFC title.

Honours

Player

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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) ( ga, Craobh Shinsir Peile na hÉireann) is the premier competition in Gaelic football. An annual tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), it is contested by the county ...

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All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship The GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the EirGrid GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship) is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association ( ...

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North Cork Junior A Football Championship The North Cork Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Synergy Fermoy Credit Union Junior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Avondhu Board of the Gaelic Athletic Associa ...

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Cork Intermediate Football Championship The Cork Intermediate A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Bon Secours Cork County Intermediate A Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork IAFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork Count ...

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References

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