Jim Young was an

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sportsperson. He played

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with his local club St Finbarr's and was a member at senior level of the Cork county team from 1893 until 1894.

Playing career

Club

Young played his club hurling with the St Finbarr's club and had much success throughout the first decade of club activity in Cork. He won a county senior championship title with 'the Barr's' in 1899.

Inter-county

Young first came to prominence on the inter-county scene with

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as part of the Blackrock selection in 1893. He missed Cork's Munster final triumph; however, he was included on the team for the subsequent All-Ireland final meeting with

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. Cork won the game on probably the most unsuitable playing field in hurling history. After someone had neglected to get the grass cut at Ashtown, both teams moved to the

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where the game took place. A 6–8 to 0–2 victory gave Young an

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title. For a second consecutive year in 1894 Young was selected for championship duty with Cork. An easy 3–4 to 1–2 defeat of

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in the provincial decider gave him a

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winners' title. For the second time in three years Dublin provided the opposition in the subsequent All-Ireland final. The game turned into an absolute rout as Cork won easily bu 5–20 to 2–0. With that Young captured a second consecutive All-Ireland winners' medal. It was his last game with the Cork hurling team.

Honours

St Finbarr's

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: **Winner (1): 1899

Cork

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: **Winner (1): 1893, 1894 *

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: **Winner (1): 1894

Sources

* Corry, Eoghan, ''The GAA Book of Lists'' (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005). * Cronin, Jim, ''A Rebel Hundred: Cork's 100 All-Ireland Titles''. * Donegan, Des, ''The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games'' (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).

References

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