Sam Bourke (born 2003) is an Irish
hurler. At club level he plays with
Ballinamere and at inter-county level with the
Offaly senior hurling team
The Offaly county hurling team represents Offaly in hurling and is governed by Offaly GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the Joe McDonagh Cup and the National Hurling League.
Offaly's home ground is O' ...
. He is a brother of
Dan Bourke
Dan Bourke (born 2004) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with Ballinamere and at inter-county level with the Offaly senior hurling team. He is a brother of Sam Bourke.
Career
Bourke first played hurling and Gaelic football to a hig ...
.
Career
Bourke first played hurling and
Gaelic football
Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...
to a high standard as a student at Coláiste Choilm in
Tullamore. After progressing through the juvenile and underage ranks with the
Ballinamere club, he made his senior team debut in 2021. Bourke has also lined out for
DCU Dóchas Éireann in the
Fitzgibbon Cup.
Bourke first appeared on the inter-county scene during a two-year tenure with the
Offaly minor hurling team, which culminated with a defeat by
Kilkenny
Kilkenny (). is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2016 census gave the total population of Kilkenny as 26,512.
Kilken ...
in the
2020 Leinster minor final. He immediately progressed to the
under-20 team and was at centre-back when they lost the
2023 All-Ireland under-20 final to
Cork
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Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
***Wine cork
Places Ireland
* Cork (city)
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
.
Bourke made his
senior team debut in a defeat by
Carlow
Carlow ( ; ) is the county town of County Carlow, in the south-east of Ireland, from Dublin. At the 2016 census, it had a combined urban and rural population of 24,272.
The River Barrow flows through the town and forms the historic bounda ...
in the
2023 Joe McDonagh Cup final. He claimed a winners' medal in that competition after a defeat of
Laois in the
2024 final.
Honours
;Offaly
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Joe McDonagh Cup
The Joe McDonagh Cup is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It forms the second tier of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship and is the second highest level of inter- ...
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2024
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1928 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law.
***''Steamboat Willie'', Walt Disney's fi ...
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Leinster Under-20 Hurling Championship
The Leinster GAA Hurling All-Ireland Under-20 Championship known simply as the Leinster Under-20 Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the hig ...
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2023
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law.
** Croatia will adopt the eu ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bourke, Sam
2003 births
Living people
Ballinamere hurlers
Offaly inter-county hurlers