Tom Ahearne was an
Irish
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rugby
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international. He won one cap in the
1899 Home Nations Championship
The 1899 Home Nations Championship was the seventeenth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 5 January and 18 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The 1899 Championship w ...
helping Ireland to win the first game of their
Triple Crown
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against England on 4 February 1899 played at home at
Lansdowne Road
Lansdowne Road Stadium ( ga, Bóthar Lansdún, ) was a stadium in Dublin owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) that was primarily used for rugby union and association football matches. The stadium was demolished in 2007 to make way for ...
. In the game, a good defence by Ireland gave them a 6–0 victory, their fourth successive win over the English.
Ahearne, from Blarney, was due to play for the Cork club,
Dohenys
Dohenys is a Gaelic Athletic Association club, fielding Gaelic football and Hurling teams in the town of Dunmanway, County Cork, Ireland. It won its only Cork Senior Club Football Championship in 1897.
Other titles won include 2 Cork Intermediat ...
, in the
1897 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final on the following day, 5 February 1899 but did not turn up.
References
IRFU ProfileDohenys GAA website
Year of birth missing
Irish rugby union players
Ireland international rugby union players
Rugby union players from County Cork
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