Hugo Casey (1940 – 17 June 2017) was an Irish
Gaelic football
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er who played for the
Cork Championship club
Macroom
Macroom (; ) is a market town in County Cork, Ireland, located in the valley of the River Sullane, halfway between Cork (city), Cork city and Killarney. Its population has grown and receded over the centuries as it went through periods of war, ...
and at inter-county level with the
Cork senior football team
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. He usually lined out at corner-forward
Career
Casey joined the Macroom senior team in 1958 and ended the season with a
Cork SFC title after a defeat of
Avondhu in the
final
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. Macroom was beaten by
St. Finbarr's in the
1959 final, with Casey later suffering injury and dropping down to the Macroom junior team the following year. In 1962, with Casey as
captain
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, Macroom won a second Cork SFC title in four seasons after a defeat
Muskerry
Muskerry () is a central region of County Cork, Ireland which incorporates the baronies of Muskerry WestCork GAA
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minor football team. After an impressive performance for the Cork junior football team in 1959, Casey was immediately drafted onto the senior team that was beaten by
Kerry in the
Munster final
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. He was also on the Cork team which suffered a shock defeat to
Waterford
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in the 1960 semi-final before leaving the team. Casey returned to the inter-county scene in 1964 as corner-forward on the Cork junior team that beat
London
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in the All-Ireland final.
Personal life and death
Casey was born and raised in
Macroom
Macroom (; ) is a market town in County Cork, Ireland, located in the valley of the River Sullane, halfway between Cork (city), Cork city and Killarney. Its population has grown and receded over the centuries as it went through periods of war, ...
,
County Cork
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, before later living in Shanakiel in
Cork
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Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
** Stopper (plug), or "cork", a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
*** Wine cork an item to seal or reseal wine
Places Ireland
* ...
. He worked at J. W. Green & Co for many years. He died at the
Bon Secours Hospital on 17 June 2017, aged 77.
Honours
;Macroom
*
Cork Senior Football Championship
The Cork Premier Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the McCarthy Insurance Group Cork Premier Senior Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork PSFC) is an annual club Gaelic football competition organised by t ...
:
1958
Events
January
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* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
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** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...
,
1962
The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War.
Events January
* January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...
(c)
;Cork
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All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
The All-Ireland Junior Football Championship is a Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA competition It has historically consisted of two entirely different formats before and after 2021, but has retained the same name.
Since 2022, the competition ...
: 1964
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Munster Junior Football Championship
The Munster Junior Football Championship is a gaelic football tournament between the six counties of Munster GAA, Munster: Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Clare and Waterford. It is the third-tier county teams playing off in a single-elimination ...
: 1964
References
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1940 births
2017 deaths
Macroom Gaelic footballers
Cork inter-county Gaelic footballers