death_date icposition birth_date code nhl club death_place name fullname birth_place county sport nickname icprovince counties icyears icallireland province article_title clcounty irish
1983 right corner-forward 1911 hurling 2 blackrock cork , ireland johnny quirke johnny quirke milltown , county kerry , ireland cork hurling quirkey 4 cork 1932 -- 1946 4 munster johnny quirke
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johnny quirke

john `` johnny '' quirke -lrb- 1911 -- 1983 -rrb- was an irish hurler who played as a right corner-forward for the cork senior team .
regarded as one of cork 's greatest-ever players , quirke made his first appearance for the team during the 1932 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1946 championship .
during that time he won four all-ireland medals , four munster medals and two national league medals .
quirke was an all-ireland runner-up on one occasion .
at club level quirke was a three-time county club championship medalist with blackrock .
quirke 's sister , dolly leahy , was an all-ireland medalist in camogie with cork .
