Daniel Quirke (born 1968) is an Irish former

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er and hurler who played for club side Clonoulty–Rossmore and at inter-county level with the

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Career

Quirke first played

and

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at juvenile and underage levels with Clonoulty–Rossmore. He won a total of six divisional minor and under-21 titles between 1982 and 1988 as well as an All-Ireland Colleges BHC title with Cashel CBS in 1982. He was still a minor when Clonoulty won the Tipperary JAFC title in 1985 before securing the Tipperary IFC title the following year. At inter-county level, Quirke spent two seasons as a dual player at minor level in 1985 and 1986 before progressing onto the under-21 teams. He scored 3-02 when Tipperary beat

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by two points in the 1989 All-Ireland U21HC final. Later that season he was a part of the Clonoulty team that won a first Tipperary SHC title in over 100 years after a defeat of Holycross-Ballycahill in the

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. Quirke made a number of appearances with the

between 1991 and 1993. His club career came to an end after winning a second Tipperary JAFC title with Clonoulty-Rossmore in 2000.

Personal life

Quirke's son,

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, also played for Clonoulty–Rossmore and Tipperary.

Honours

;Cashel CBS *All-Ireland Colleges B Hurling Championship: 1982 ;Clonoulty–Rossmore *

Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship The Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the FBD Insurance Tipperary County Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Associati ...

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West Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship The West Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Tipperary Co-Op West Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the West Tipperary Board of the Gaelic Athletic Assoc ...

: 1989 *

Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship The Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised since 1974 by the Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association for the second-tier Gaelic football clubs in County Tipperary in I ...

: 1986 *West Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship: 1986, 1991 *Tipperary Junior A Football Championship: 1985, 2000 *West Tipperary Junior A Football Championship: 1985, 1994, 1996, 2000 ;Tipperary * All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship:

Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship The Munster GAA Hurling Under-20 Championship, known simply as the Munster Under-20 Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-co ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Quirke, Dan 1968 births Living people Clonoulty-Rossmore Gaelic footballers Clonoulty-Rossmore hurlers Tipperary inter-county Gaelic footballers Tipperary inter-county hurlers