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Michael Quane (born 1934) is an Irish former hurler who played at club level with Glen Rovers and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. He usually lined out as a forward.

Playing career

Quane first came to prominence with the Newmarket club before transferring to Glen Rovers in Cork. He first lined out with the senior team in 1955 and won four Cork SHC titles in total. Quane first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork junior hurling team that won the All-Ireland JHC title in 1955. He captained the juniors to a second All-Ireland crown in 1958, while also being drafted onto the Cork senior hurling team that year. Quane went on to line out in three successive Munster finals without success.

Honours

Glen Rovers

• Cork Senior Hurling Championship: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962

Cork

• All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship: 1955, 1958(c)
• Munster Junior Hurling Championship: 1955, 1958 (c)

References

1. "Michael Quane in 1934". Find My Past website. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
2. "Minor hurling county semi-final of 1951". Newmarket GAA website. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
3. "History". Newmarket GAA website. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
4. "Christy Ring and Glen Rovers: Buying into the Blackpool spirit". Irish Examiner. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
5. "Junior hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
6. "Cork SHC teams; 1950-1959" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
7. "Cork SHC teams; 1960-1969" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 3 January 2022.

• 1934 births
• Living people
• Glen Rovers hurlers
• Cork inter-county hurlers
• 20th-century Irish sportsmen