Cornelius Cooney (1934 – 25 August 2018) was an Irish hurler and coach who played as a forward for club sides

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and

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, at divisional level with Carrigdhoun and at inter-county level with the

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Playing career

Club

Cooney joined the

club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels. He was just 12-years-old when he played for the Carrigaline junior hurling team in the league and made his championship debut two years later in 1948. On 8 September 1974, Cooney was captain of the Carrigaline junior team that defeated

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by 3-10 to 2-06 in the South East Championship final. After playing his last game for Carrigaline in 1977, Cooney transferred to the

club. He retired from club hurling after a 40-year career in 1986.

Inter-county

Minor and junior

Cooney first played for Cork at minor level in 1952. He was an unused substitute throughout the championship campaign which eventually ended with Cork being beaten by Tipperary in the Munster semi-final. Cooney subsequently joined the Cork junior hurling team and made his first appearance on 15 May 1955 in a 4-10 to 6-02 Munster quarter-final defeat of Tipperary. He later won a Munster Championship medal after a 5-10 to 4-04 defeat of

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in the final. On 1 October 1955, Cooney was at midfield when he won his first

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medal after a 6-10 to 0-02 defeat of Warwickshire in the final. Over the following few seasons Cooney was a regular member of the Cork junior team and won a second Munster Championship medal in 1958 after a 6-09 to 3-05 defeat of

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in the final. On 5 October 1958, Cooney won a second All-Ireland medal following Cork's 7-1- to 4-02 defeat of Warwickshire in the final.

Senior

Cooney made his first appearance for the Cork senior hurling team on 23 November 1958 in a 4-05 to 2-03

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defeat by Waterford. Later that season on 21 June 1959 he made his championship debut in a 4-13 to 1-03 Munster Championship semi-final defeat of Clare.

Management and coaching career

Cooney served as trainer of the

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junior hurling team and the St. Catherine's intermediate hurling team.

Career statistics

Honours

;Carrigaline *

South East Junior A Hurling Championship The South East Cork Junior A Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Carrigdhoun Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1928 for junior hurling teams in the southeastern region of County Cork, Ireland. T ...

(1): 1974 (c) ;Cork *

All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship The All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was a hurling competition organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association in Ireland. The competition was originally contested by the second teams of the strong counties, and the first teams of the weaker ...

(2): 1955, 1958 *

Munster Junior Hurling Championship The Munster Junior Hurling Championship is a junior "knockout" competition in the game of Hurling played in the province of Munster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Munster Council. The winners of the Munster Junior Hurling Ch ...

(2): 1955, 1958

References

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