Mick Burke (born 1941 in

Mitchelstown Mitchelstown () is a town in the north of County Cork, Ireland with a population of over 3,740. It is situated in the valley to the south of the Galtee Mountains. Mitchelstown is 13 km south-west of the Mitchelstown Cave, 53 km nor ...

County Cork County Cork () is the largest and the southernmost Counties of Ireland, county of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, named after the city of Cork (city), Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster ...

) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played

Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...

with his local club

and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1961 until 1969. During the period between 1963 and 1967, the Cu Chulainn awards predated the GAA Football All Stars in that they picked the team of the year for those years. In 1967 Mick Burke was picked at mid-field on that team. Honours: Mitchelstown: North Cork minor Football medal 1959; North Cork Junior Football medals 1958, 1960 & 1961; Cork County Junior Football medal 1961; Cork County Senior Football medal 1961 & Cork County Intermediate Football medal 1965. Cork: Munster Minor Football medal 1959; Munster Senior Football medals 1966 & 1967; All Ireland runners-up medal 1967.

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1941 births Living people Mitchelstown Gaelic footballers Cork inter-county Gaelic footballers Munster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers {{Cork-gaelic-football-bio-stub