Code: | Hurling |
Sport: | Hurling |
Jimmy Smiddy | |
Irish: | Séamus Smidí |
Birth Date: | 1974 |
Occupation: | Garda Síochána[1] |
County: | Cork |
Province: | Munster |
Club: | Castlemartyr → Imokilly |
Clyears: | 1991-2015 1993-2005 |
Clapps(Points): | 28 (5-94) |
Clcounty: | 2 |
Colleges: | Garda College |
Fitz: | 0 |
Counties: | Cork |
Icposition: | Right corner-forward |
Icyears: | 1996 |
Icapps(Points): | 0 (0-00) |
Icprovince: | 0 |
Icallireland: | 0 |
Nhl: | 0 |
Allstars: | 0 |
Birth Place: | Castlemartyr, County Cork, Ireland |
James Smiddy (born 1974) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Castlemartyr and divisional side Imokilly and at inter-county level was a member of the Cork senior hurling team. Smiddy usually lined out as a forward.
Smiddy first played hurling and Gaelic football at juvenile and underage levels with the Castlemartyr club. He also played in various competitions as a schoolboy with Midleton CBS, including the Harty Cup.[2] Smiddy spent 25 years as a player at adult level with Castlemartyr and won several divisional titles as a dual player before winning a Cork JAHC title in 2014.[3] He also earned selection with the Imokilly divisional team and won consecutive Cork SHC titles in 1997 and 1998.[4] [5]
Smiddy first appeared on the inter-county scene as a dual player at minor level. After winning a Munster MFC title, he later won a Munster U21HC title while also lining out with the under-21 football team.[6] [7] Smiddy was part of the Cork junior hurling team that won the Munster JHC title in 1996, the same year he made a number of appearances for the Cork senior hurling team in various tournament and pre-season games.[8] He was part of the Cork intermediate hurling team that beat Galway in the 1997 All-Ireland intermediate final.[9]
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