About Ned Quinn
Lived 1923 – 2019 (aged 95–96). Ned Quinn was a hurler.
Edward Quinn (May 1923 – 22 May 2019) was an Irish hurler who played as a left wing-back for the Galway senior team.
Born in Ardrahan, County Galway, Quinn first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Galway minor team. He made his senior debut during the 1949-50 league. Quinn immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen, and won one National Hurling League medal. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
Quinn was a member of the Connacht inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, however, he never won a Railway Cup medal. At club level he is a one-time championship medallist with Ardrahan.
Corless retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1954 championship.
Quinn had two daughters; Irene and Ena.
Honours
Player
Ardrahan Galway Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1949
Galway National Hurling League (1): 1950-51
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Who was Ned Quinn?
Irish hurler
When was Ned Quinn born?
Ned Quinn was born in 1923 in Ardrahan.
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Ned Quinn died in 2019.
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Ned Quinn was a hurler.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Ned Quinn. https://biography.guide/ned-quinn/
MLA: "Ned Quinn." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/ned-quinn/.
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