Dual player
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Dual player or dual star is a term used in Gaelic games
to describe a player who plays both Men's Gaelic football
and Hurling
or Ladies' Gaelic football
and Camogie
. The player doesn't 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 increased demands put on the best players of both sports.
{|align=top class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="darkgray"
!Name
!Team(s)
!All-Ireland SHC titles
!All-Ireland SFC titles
|-
|Jimmy Barry-Murphy
||Cork||1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1986||1973
|-
|Derry Beckett
||Cork||1942||1945
|-
|Greg Blaney
||Down
||1991, 1994||0
|-
|Frank Burke||Dublin
||1917, 1920||1921, 1922, 1923
|-
|Denis Coughlan
||Cork||1976, 1977, 1978||1973
|-
|Ray Cummins
||Cork||1970, 1976, 1977, 1978||1973
|-
|Liam Currams
||Offaly
||1981||1982
|-
|Pierce Grace
||Dublin
Kilkenny
||1911, 1912, 1913||1906, 1907
|-
|Jack Lynch
||Cork||1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946||1945
|-
|Billy Mackessy
||Cork||1903||1911
|-
|Teddy McCarthy
||Cork||1986, 1990||1989, 1990
|-
|Paddy Mackey
||Wexford
||1910||1915, 1916, 1917, 1918
|-
|Leonard McGrath||Galway
||1923||1925
|-
|Brian Murphy
||Cork||1976, 1977, 1978||1973
|-
|Seán Óg Ó hAilpín
||Cork||1999, 2004, 2005||0
|-
|Seán O'Kennedy
||Wexford
||1910||1915, 1916, 1917
|-
|W.J. Spain
||Dublin
Limerick
||1887||1889
|-
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.
Ex-Taoiseach
Jack Lynch
won one football and five hurling All-Irelands for Cork during the 1940s and to this day is the only player in history to have won All-Ireland Senior medals 6 years in a row.
In 1990, Teddy McCarthy
of Cork became the first (and only as of 2009) player to win both a football and a hurling All-Ireland in the same year.
Dual County
is a similar term for counties that have teams that play at the same level in both football and hurling.
Gaelic games
Gaelic games are sports played in Ireland under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The two main games are Gaelic football and hurling...
to describe a player who plays both Men's Gaelic football
Gaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...
and Hurling
Hurling
Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...
or Ladies' Gaelic football
Ladies' Gaelic football
Ladies' Gaelic football is a team sport for women, very similar to Gaelic football, and co-ordinated by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association...
and Camogie
Camogie
Camogie is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women; it is almost identical to the game of hurling played by men. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and world wide, largely among Irish communities....
. The player doesn't 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 increased demands put on the best players of both sports.
{|align=top class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="darkgray"
!Name
!Team(s)
!All-Ireland SHC titles
!All-Ireland SFC titles
|-
|Jimmy Barry-Murphy
Jimmy Barry-Murphy
James "Jimmy" Barry-Murphy is a former Irish hurler, Gaelic footballer and association footballer and is the current manager of the Cork senior hurling team...
||Cork||1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1986||1973
|-
|Derry Beckett
Derry Beckett
Derry Beckett was an Irish sportsperson. He played both hurling and football with Cork in the 1940s.Derry Beckett is one of only eighteen dual players to have won All-Ireland medals in both hurling and football. His sporting exploits began in 1942 when he won a Munster Hurling Championship medal...
||Cork||1942||1945
|-
|Greg Blaney
Greg Blaney
Greg Blaney is an Irish former dual GAA player who played Gaelic football and hurling for Down in the 1980s and 1990s. He is chiefly remember as a footballer. He was part of the Down team that won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 1991 and 1994. Blaney also won three Ulster Senior...
||Down
Down GAA
The Down County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Down GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Down...
||1991, 1994||0
|-
|Frank Burke||Dublin
Dublin GAA
Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or Dublin GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Dublin. The county board is also responsible for the Dublin inter-county teams...
||1917, 1920||1921, 1922, 1923
|-
|Denis Coughlan
Denis Coughlan
Denis Coughlan is a notable Irish sportsperson. He played hurling and football with his local clubs Glen Rovers and St. Nicholas' respectively. Coughlan also played hurling and football with the Cork senior inter-county teams...
||Cork||1976, 1977, 1978||1973
|-
|Ray Cummins
Ray Cummins
Ray Cummins is a retired Irish sportsperson. A dual player at the highest levels, he played hurling with his local club Blackrock and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1969 until 1982. Cummins also played Gaelic football with his local club St...
||Cork||1970, 1976, 1977, 1978||1973
|-
|Liam Currams
Liam Currams
Liam Currams is an Irish retired sportsperson. He was a dual player who played both hurling and football for Offaly in the 1980s.Liam Currams was born in County Offaly in 1961...
||Offaly
Offaly GAA
The Offaly County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Offaly GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Offaly...
||1981||1982
|-
|Pierce Grace
Pierce Grace
Pierce Grace was a famous Irish dual player. He played hurling with his local club Tullaroan and with the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1911 until 1914. Grace also played Gaelic football with his local club Kickhams and with the Dublin senior inter-county team from 1906 until 1907....
||Dublin
Dublin GAA
Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or Dublin GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Dublin. The county board is also responsible for the Dublin inter-county teams...
Kilkenny
Kilkenny GAA
The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Kilkenny. The county board has its head office and main grounds at Nowlan Park and is also responsible for Kilkenny inter-county teams...
||1911, 1912, 1913||1906, 1907
|-
|Jack Lynch
Jack Lynch
John Mary "Jack" Lynch was the Taoiseach of Ireland, serving two terms in office; from 1966 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979....
||Cork||1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946||1945
|-
|Billy Mackessy
Billy Mackessy
William ‘Billy’ Mackessy was an Irish sportsperson. A dual player with his local club Blackrock he played both hurling and Gaelic football with the Cork senior inter-county teams from 1901 until 1912.-Club:...
||Cork||1903||1911
|-
|Teddy McCarthy
Teddy McCarthy
Teddy McCarthy is a retired Irish dual player. He played hurling with his local club Sarsfield's and with the Cork senior inter-county team from 1986 until 1996. McCarthy also played Gaelic football with his local club Glanmire and with the Cork senior inter-county team from 1987 until 1995...
||Cork||1986, 1990||1989, 1990
|-
|Paddy Mackey
Paddy Mackey
Paddy Mackey was an Irish dual player. He played both hurling and Gaelic football with his local club New Ross and with the Wexford senior inter-county teams in both codes in the 1900s and 1910s.-Club:...
||Wexford
Wexford GAA
The Wexford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Wexford GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Wexford. The county board is also responsible for the Wexford inter-county teams.-History:Hurling has been played in...
||1910||1915, 1916, 1917, 1918
|-
|Leonard McGrath||Galway
Galway GAA
The Galway County Boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Galway GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway. The county boards are also responsible for the Galway inter-county teams.Unlike all other counties in Ireland,...
||1923||1925
|-
|Brian Murphy
Brian Murphy (dual player)
Brian Murphy is a retired Irish sportsperson. A dual player at the highest levels, he played hurling and Gaelic football with his local club Nemo Rangers and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county teams in both codes between 1972 and 1982.Born in Cork in 1952, Brian Murphy is regarded as...
||Cork||1976, 1977, 1978||1973
|-
|Seán Óg Ó hAilpín
Seán Óg Ó hAilpín
Seán Óg Ó hAilpín is an iconic Irish-Fijian sportsperson. A former dual player, he currently plays hurling with his local club Na Piarsaigh and is a member of the Cork senior inter-county team. Ó hAilpín captained Cork to the All-Ireland title in 2005...
||Cork||1999, 2004, 2005||0
|-
|Seán O'Kennedy
Seán O'Kennedy
Seán O'Kennedy was an Irish dual player. He played both hurling and Gaelic football with the Wexford senior inter-county teams in both codes in the 1900s and 1910s.-Teams:...
||Wexford
Wexford GAA
The Wexford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Wexford GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Wexford. The county board is also responsible for the Wexford inter-county teams.-History:Hurling has been played in...
||1910||1915, 1916, 1917
|-
|W.J. Spain
W.J. Spain
William J. Spain was a famous Irish dual player. He played Gaelic football with his local club Commercials and with the Limerick senior inter-county team in the 1880s...
||Dublin
Dublin GAA
Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or Dublin GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Dublin. The county board is also responsible for the Dublin inter-county teams...
Limerick
Limerick GAA
The Limerick County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Limerick GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Limerick...
||1887||1889
|-
A few players have won All star awards
GAA All Stars Awards
The All Stars Awards, currently sponsored by Vodafone, are given annually since 1971 by the Gaelic Athletic Association to the best player in each of the fifteen positions in Gaelic football and Hurling in Ireland. Additionally, one player in each code is selected as the player of the year...
in both codes. These include:
- Jimmy Barry-MurphyJimmy Barry-MurphyJames "Jimmy" Barry-Murphy is a former Irish hurler, Gaelic footballer and association footballer and is the current manager of the Cork senior hurling team...
- Ray CumminsRay CumminsRay Cummins is a retired Irish sportsperson. A dual player at the highest levels, he played hurling with his local club Blackrock and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1969 until 1982. Cummins also played Gaelic football with his local club St...
- Liam CurramsLiam CurramsLiam Currams is an Irish retired sportsperson. He was a dual player who played both hurling and football for Offaly in the 1980s.Liam Currams was born in County Offaly in 1961...
- Brian MurphyBrian Murphy (hurler)Brian Murphy is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Bride Rovers and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 2004.-Biography:...
Ray Cummins has uniquely won an All star award in both hurling and Gaelic football in the same year, 1971.
Ex-Taoiseach
Taoiseach
The Taoiseach is the head of government or prime minister of Ireland. The Taoiseach is appointed by the President upon the nomination of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas , and must, in order to remain in office, retain the support of a majority in the Dáil.The current Taoiseach is...
Jack Lynch
Jack Lynch
John Mary "Jack" Lynch was the Taoiseach of Ireland, serving two terms in office; from 1966 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979....
won one football and five hurling All-Irelands for Cork during the 1940s and to this day is the only player in history to have won All-Ireland Senior medals 6 years in a row.
In 1990, Teddy McCarthy
Teddy McCarthy
Teddy McCarthy is a retired Irish dual player. He played hurling with his local club Sarsfield's and with the Cork senior inter-county team from 1986 until 1996. McCarthy also played Gaelic football with his local club Glanmire and with the Cork senior inter-county team from 1987 until 1995...
of Cork became the first (and only as of 2009) player to win both a football and a hurling All-Ireland in the same year.
Dual County
Dual County
Dual county is a term used in Gaelic games to describe a GAA county that competes at a similar level in both hurling and gaelic football. For example, Cork and Dublin play in Division 1 in both the NHL and NFL.Generally recognised dual counties include:...
is a similar term for counties that have teams that play at the same level in both football and hurling.