Joe Young (dual player)

Joseph Young (15 November 1933 – 6 May 2023) was an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with St. Vincent's and An Chéad Cath, and also lined out as a dual player at inter-county level with various Dublin and Galway teams.

Joe Young
Personal information
Sport Dual player
Football Position: Centre-forward
Hurling Position: Right wing-forward
Born (1933-11-15)15 November 1933
Donnycarney,
Dublin, Irish Free State
Died 6 May 2023(2023-05-06) (aged 89)
Barna,
County Galway, Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Occupation Army officer
Club(s)
Years Club
 St. Vincent's
An Chéad Cath
Club titles
  Football Hurling
Dublin titles 1 2
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1953–1954
1955–1958
1955–1961
 Dublin (SH)
Galway (SH)
Galway (SF)
Inter-county titles
  Football Hurling
Connacht Titles 6 0
All-Ireland Titles 1 0
League titles 0 0

Career

Young first played Gaelic football and hurling as a schoolboy at St. Joseph's CBS in Fairview. He simultaneously progressed to adult level with the St. Vincent's club as a dual player and won Dublin SHC medals in 1954 before completing a SHC-SFC double in 1954. Young later lined out with An Chéad Cath in Galway.[1]

Young first appeared on the inter-county scene at minor level with Dublin. He later progressed to the Dublin junior team and won an All-Ireland medal in that grade in 1952.[2] Young spent a number of years with the Dublin senior hurling team before transferring to the Galway senior teams as a dual player. As a hurler, he suffered All-Ireland final defeats against Wexford in 1955 and Tipperary in 1958. As a Gaelic footballer, Young won six consecutive Connacht SFC medals. He also claimed an All-Ireland SFC medal in 1956.[3]

Personal life and death

Born in Donnycarney, Young enlisted in the Defence Forces as a member of 27 Cadet Class and was commissioned into the Infantry Corps in 1954. He spent his early years with An Chéad Cath in Galway, before later serving in a variety of appointments throughout the Defence Forces.[4]

Young died on 6 May 2023, at the age of 89.[5][6]

Honours
St. Vincent's
Dublin
Galway

References
  1. "Pen Pictures of the Men Who Will Don the Galway Jerseys". Connacht Tribune. 6 October 1956. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  2. "Leinster Junior All-Ireland Hurling Winning Teams" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  3. "Galway profile". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  4. "Col Joe Young RIP". ARCO Ireland website. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  5. "Galway football mourns All-Ireland winner Joe Young". Irish Examiner. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  6. "Former Galway All-Ireland winner Joe Young dies aged 90". RTÉ News. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
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