Dual player

Dual player[1] or dual star[2] is a term used in Hiberno-English to describe someone who competes in multiple sports — for example, in Victorian Ireland, cricket and hurling.[3] The term today in Gaelic games typically describes a male player who plays both Gaelic football and hurling or, if a female player, a player of ladies' Gaelic football and camogie. The player does not necessarily have to play at the same standard in both sports. The number of dual stars at county level has decreased recently due to the increasing demands placed upon the best players of both sports.

List of dual players with All-Ireland titles

Name Team(s) All-Ireland SHC titles All-Ireland SFC titles
Kerins, AlanGalway2001
Barry-Murphy, Jimmy[4]Cork1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 19861973
Beckett, DerryCork19421945
Blaney, GregDown
1991, 1994
Burke, FrankDublin1917, 19201921, 1922, 1923
Cadogan, EoinCork2010
Collins, PodgeClare2013
Collins, SeánClare2013
Coughlan, DenisCork1976, 1977, 19781973
Cregan, ÉamonnLimerick1973
Cummins, BrendanTipperary2001, 2010
Cummins, Ray[5]Cork1970, 1976, 1977, 19781973
Currams, LiamOffaly19811982
Ferguson, DesDublin1958, 1963
Foley, LarDublin1958, 1963
Grace, PierceDublin
Kilkenny
1911, 1912, 19131906, 1907
Lynch, JackCork1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 19461945
Mackessy, BillyCork19031911
McCarthy, TeddyCork1986, 19901989, 1990
Mackey, PaddyWexford19101915, 1916, 1917, 1918
Markham, LiamClare2013
McGrath, LeonardGalway19231925
McInerney, CathalClare2013
Murphy, BrianCork1976, 1977, 19781973
Ó hAilpín, Seán Óg[6]Cork1999, 2004, 2005
O'Halloran, DavyClare2013
O'Kennedy, SeánWexford19101915, 1916, 1917
O'Neill, AlanClare2013
Spain, W. J.Dublin
Limerick
18871889
Walsh, AidanCork2010
Walsh, DenisCork1986, 19901989, 1990

In 1990, Teddy McCarthy of Cork became the first player to win both a football and a hurling All-Ireland in the same year. This unique achievement remains intact as of 2023.

Ex-Taoiseach Jack Lynch won one football and five hurling All-Irelands with Cork during the 1940s.

List of dual players with All Stars in both codes

A few players have won All Star Awards in both codes. These include:

Ray Cummins has uniquely won an All Star Award in both hurling and Gaelic football in the same year, 1971.

Ladies' Gaelic football/camogie

Player Gaelic football Camogie Football All Stars Camogie All Stars
Rena Buckley (Note 1)CorkCork65
Naomi Carroll (Note 2)ClareLimerick/Clare00
Briege CorkeryCorkCork106
Mary Geaney (Note 2) (Note 3)KerryCork00
Michelle Magee (Note 4)AntrimAntrim00
Aisling McCarthyTipperaryCahir GAA00
Mary O'ConnorCorkCork13
Fiona O'DriscollCorkCork11
Rachel RuddyDublinDublin20
Angela WalshCorkCork60
Notes

Dual county

Dual county is a similar term for counties that have teams that play at the same level in both football and hurling.

Dual manager

The definition of a dual manager is Anthony Cunningham.[14]

References

  1. The History of the Gaelic Athletic Association in Canada John O'Flynn, Ainsley Baldwin - 2008 "Mike's hurling was Frank Rafter and a notable member, Liam Cotter, a dual player, who helped to write the constitution for the Toronto GAA."
  2. "Seán Óg to be given freedom of Cork city". JOE.ie. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2016. The 33-year old dual star, who won three All-Ireland hurling titles and ... Taoiseach and fellow dual star Jack Lynch, athlete Sonia O'Sullivan
  3. Sport and society in Victorian Ireland: the case of Westmeath Page 157 Tom Hunt - 2007 "The dual player was also common in Kilkenny cricket and hurling circles. ... In 1887 the Kells GAA club played a cricket match against Gaulstown of Tullaroan"
  4. Irish Almanac and Yearbook of Facts 1997 Page 298 Pat McArt, Donal Campbell - 1997 "GAA Barry-Murphy, Jimmy: (born Cork, 1954). Outstanding dual player who won six All-Ireland medals, one in football (1973) and five in hurling (between 1976 and 1986). His other achievements are almost as breathtaking, two All-Ireland.."
  5. Declan Hassett Passing through Page 148 2004 "I saw Jack Lynch play at the very end of his career but cannot now recall those games too clearly. For many, Jack would be the greatest dual player of all time. For me, the greatest dualist remains Ray Cummins."
  6. Irish Examiner -2 nov. 2012 "O hAilpin retires from inter-county hurling - "O hAilpin was a talismanic player for Cork throughout his 16-year career, starting-out as a dual player before focusing on his hurling career"
  7. "Buckley award to mark 18th All-Ireland medal". www.independent.ie. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  8. "Rena Buckley and Sinead Aherne joint winners of sportswoman award". www.irishtimes.com. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  9. "Murray hails Cork's cool heads after last-gasp win". www.rte.ie. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  10. "'I wouldn't go back on my word': Buckley's childhood pledge to make her acceptance speech in Irish". www.the42.ie. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  11. "Multi-talented Mary Geaney made her own All-Ireland history". www.irishexaminer.com. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  12. "Meet the remarkable sporting history-maker Mary Geaney". www.offtheball.com. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  13. "Kerry Lady Reminisces On Historic Football-Camogie Captaincy Double". www.radiokerry.ie. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  14. Breheny, Martin (20 July 2019). "'Cunningham leaves Cody frying pan only to land into Gavin fire'". Irish Independent. Perhaps, but Cunningham has already achieved more as a dual manager than anyone else, having steered the Galway hurlers to a Leinster title and Roscommon's footballers to Connacht success.
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