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Jim Ahern (Gaelic footballer)

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Irish Gaelic footballer

Jim Ahern
Personal information
Irish name Séamus Ó hEachtairn
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Centre-forward
Born (1922-10-17)17 October 1922
Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland
Died 19 August 1988(1988-08-19) (aged 65)
Elm Park, Dublin, Ireland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Occupation Roman Catholic priest
Club(s)
Years Club
1940s–1950s Clonakilty
Club titles
Cork titles 6
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
1943–1948 Cork 9 (5–09)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 2
All-Irelands 1
NFL 0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 18:21, 12 April 2012.

James Ahern (17 October 1922 – 19 August 1988) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a left wing-back for the Cork senior team.

Ahern made his first appearance for the team during the 1943 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen over much of the next decade. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal and two Munster medals.

At club level Ahern was a multiple county championship medalist with Clonakilty. Ahern died in August 1988 at the age of 65.

References

  1. "Clonakilty GAA history". Clonakilty GAA website. Archived from the original on 27 December 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  2. "Irish spiritans remembered" (PDF). Irish Spiritans Remembered, Part 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
Cork – 1945 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (3rd title)
Sub used
22 J. Ahern for N. Casey
Subs not used
16 S. Kavanagh
17 B. Murphy
18 S. Linehan
19 M. Finn
20 D. Cullinane
21 P. Healy
23 T. O'Driscoll
24 P. O'Grady
Trainer
J. Barry
Selectors
L. Shea
D. Harrington
M. Murphy
A. Scannell
J. Hurley
T. Reilly


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