About Peter Cregan
Lived 1918 – 2004 (aged 85–86). Peter Cregan was a hurler.
Peter Cregan (13 May 1918 – 12 August 2004) was an Irish hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Limerick senior team.
Born in Croom, County Limerick, Cregan first appeared on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen with the Limerick minor team. He made his senior debut during the 1937 championship. Cregan immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one All-Ireland medals, one Munster medal and one National Hurling League medal.
As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Cregan won four Railway Cup medals. At club level he was twice a championship medallist with Croom.
Cregan retired before to the start of the 1947 championship.
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Who was Peter Cregan?
Irish hurler
When was Peter Cregan born?
Peter Cregan was born in 1918 in Croom.
When did Peter Cregan die?
Peter Cregan died in 2004.
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Peter Cregan was a hurler.
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