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Sam Quirke (born 2002) is an Irish hurler who plays for Cork Senior Championship club Midleton. He also joined the Cork senior hurling team in advance of the 2022 season.

Career

Quirke first played hurling competitively as a schoolboy with Midleton CBS Secondary School with whom he won a Harty Cup title in 2019. He later progressed onto the Midleton club team, following in the footsteps of his uncle David Quirke, and won a Premier SHC title in 2021. By this stage Quirke had won consecutive All-Ireland Under-20 Championship titles with the Cork under-20 team in 2020 and 2021. His performances in this grade earned a call-up to the senior team training panel in December 2021.

Career statistics

As of 13 February 2022.

Honours

Midleton CBS

• Harty Cup: 2019

Midleton

• Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship: 2021

Cork

• All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship: 2020, 2021
• Munster Under-20 Hurling Championship: 2020, 2021

References

1. "Harty Cup final: Midleton CBS end 13-year wait". Hogan Stand. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
2. Hurley, Denis (21 November 2021). "Premier SHC final: Midleton are the county champions again". Echo Live. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
3. O'Toole, Fintan (10 July 2021). "Cork end All-Ireland hurling title wait as goals key in U20 final success against Dublin". The 42. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
4. "Impressive Cork crowned BGE All-Ireland U-20 Hurling Champions". GAA website. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
5. "Cork move on from All-Star snub with five young hurlers promoted". Echo Live. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.

• 2002 births
• Living people
• Midleton hurlers
• Cork inter-county hurlers
• People from Midleton
• 21st-century Irish sportsmen