Jim Ahern (Gaelic footballer)
Personal information | ||||||
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Irish name | Séamus Ó hEachtairn | |||||
Sport | Gaelic Football | |||||
Position | Centre-forward | |||||
Born |
Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland | 17 October 1922|||||
Died |
19 August 1988 Elm Park, Dublin, Ireland | (aged 65)|||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |||||
Occupation | Roman Catholic priest | |||||
Club(s) | ||||||
Years | Club | |||||
1940s–1950s |
Cork titles | 6 | ||||
Inter-county(ies)* | ||||||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | ||||
1943–1948 | Cork | 9 (5–09) | ||||
Inter-county titles | ||||||
Munster titles | 2 | |||||
All-Irelands | 1 | |||||
NFL | 0 | |||||
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 18:21, 12 April 2012. |
James Ahern (17 October 1922 – 19 August 1988) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a left wing-back for the Cork senior team.
Ahern made his first appearance for the team during the
1943 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen over much of the next decade. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal and two Munster medals.[1]
At club level Ahern was a multiple
county championship medalist with Clonakilty. Ahern died in August 1988 at the age of 65.[2]
References
- ^ "Clonakilty GAA history". Clonakilty GAA website. Archived from the original on 27 December 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ "Irish spiritans remembered" (PDF). Irish Spiritans Remembered, Part 1. Retrieved 4 April 2021.