Code: | Hurling |
Sport: | Hurling |
Connie Sheehan | |
Irish: | Conchur Ó Síocháin |
Fullname: | Connie Sheehan |
Nickname: | Connie |
Occupation: | Motor driver |
County: | Cork |
Province: | Munster |
Club: | Redmonds |
Clposition: | Forward |
Clcounty: | 2 |
Counties: | Cork |
Icposition: | Centre-back |
Icyears: | 1910-1921 |
Icapps(Points): | 27 |
Icprovince: | 4 |
Icallireland: | 1 |
Birth Date: | 1889 5, df=yes |
Birth Place: | High Street, Cork, Ireland |
Death Place: | Barrack Street, Cork, Ireland |
Cornelius Sheehan (31 May 1889 – 21 February 1950) was an Irish hurler who played as a centre-back with the Cork senior hurling team. He was an All-Ireland Championship winner in 1919.
Sheehan began his hurling career at club level with Redmonds. He enjoyed a lengthy career with the club, however, and won Cork Senior Championship titles as captain in 1915 and 1917.
At inter-county level, Sheehan first played for the Cork senior hurling team on 3 July 1910. He was a regular member of the team over much of the following decade and won four Munster Championship medals, including one as captain. The highlight of Sheehan's inter-county career was the winning of an All-Ireland Championship medal in 1919 after a defeat of Dublin in the final. He played his last game for Cork on 28 May 1922 in what was the opening round of the delayed 1921 championship.[1]
On 21 February 1950, Sheehan died from bronchitis aged 60.