Tommy Quaid

Tommy Quaid

Infobox GAA player
code= Hurling
sport = Hurling


name = Tommy Quaid
irish = Tomás Mac Uaid
fullname = Thomas Quaid
placeofbirth = Feohanagh
countryofbirth = County Limerick
dob = 1957
dod = 1998
height = 5'9"
nickname = Tommy
county = Limerick
province = Munster
club = Feohanagh-Castlemahon
clposition = Forward
clubs = Feohanagh-Castlemahon
Effin
clyears = 1972-19941994-1998
clapps(points) =
clcounty =
clprovince=
clallireland =
counties = Limerick
icposition = Goalkeeper
icyears = 1976-1993
icapps(points) =
icprovince = 2
icallireland = 0
allstars = 1
clupdate =
icupdate =
Tommy Quaid (1957-1998) was an Irish sportsperson. He played senior championship hurling with Limerick from 1976 until 1993.

Early & private life

Tommy Quaid was born in Feohanagh, Mahoonagh parish , near Newcastle West, County Limerick in 1957. He was born into a family that had a strong association with hurling. His father, Jack Quaid, was one of the key players on the Limerick team which beat London in the 1954 junior All-Ireland final. He won a senior Munster title the following year.

Tommy Quaid was educated locally at Feohanagh National School before later attending Newcastle West Secondary School. He trained as a fitter with the local Golden Vale company and later set up his own engineering business.

Tommy Quaid's sons Tomás and Nicky have represented Limerick at underage hurling and were members of the Effin team that lost the 2007 Limerick junior A hurling final to Caherline and Nicky now plays in goals for the U21 limerick team.

Playing career

Club

Quaid, along with his three brothers and 1 sister, played club hurling with the local Feohanagh-Castlemahon club. Tommy Quaid along with his brothers, Uncles and Father, who all played club or inter-county hurling at some stage of their careers.He won many awards with the club and in 1990 he captained Feohanagh-Castlemahon GAA to a West Limerick SHC title. Unfortunately Quaid never won a county senior title. In later years he played his club hurling with Effin, where he moved to after his marriage to Bridea and where he won three South Limerick JHC titles.

He played in the forwards during most of his club career and, more often than not, was also the team's free-taker.

News Paper Articles

[http://www.hoganstand.com/Limerick/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=17661 Article on Hoganstand on 01 January 1993] which describe Tommy Career and includes a picture of the late Tommy Quaid.

Inter-county

Quaid was passed over for inter-county duty on the Limerick minor team in 1973, however, he joined the side the following year as goalkeeper. Unfortunately he ended up on the losing side in back-to-back Munster finals in 1974 and 1975. By this stage Quaid was also a member of Limerick’s under-21 team but had little success at this level either. He made his senior inter-county debut in the National Hurling League in early 1976, however, he had a disastrous game against Kilkenny. In spite of this he was till picked as Limerick’s first-choice goalkeeper for the championship.

Senior Hurling Championship

In 1980 Quaid tasted his first senior success when he won his first Munster title. In the subsequent All-Ireland final Limerick were beaten by Galway. In 1981 Quaid captured a second Munster medal, however, this time Limerick were once again beaten by Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final. In spite of National League victories, Quaid had little success in the Munster championship with Limerick.

Teams

National League Senior Hurling Medal

In 1984 he won his first National League medal with the Limerick Hurlers. The win was all the more special as it was the centenary year of the Gaelic Athletic Association. A second National League title was collected by Quaid in 1985.In 1992 Quaid won a third National League medal.

All Ireland All Star Hurling Award

In spite of Limerick losing the 1992 Munster final to Cork. Quaid’s championship performance earned him his first, and only, All-Star award.

1992 Hurling All Stars: Tommy Quaid (Limerick), Brian Corcoran (Cork), Pat O'Dwyer (Kilkenny), Liam Simpson (Kilkenny), Brian Whelehan (Offaly), Ciarán Carey (Limerick), Willie O'Connor (Kilkenny), Michael Phelan (Kilkenny), Seánie McCarthy (Cork), Gerard McGrattan (Down), John Power (Kilkenny), Tony O'Sullivan (Cork), Michael Cleary (Tipperary), Liam Fennelly (Kilkenny), D.J. Carey (Kilkenny).

Railway Cup

Tommy was in the Munster squad from 1979 to 1992 in the Railway Cup championship.

End of Limerick Senior Career

Following the completion of the 1993 Munster championship Quaid decided to retire after 18 consecutive championship seasons as goalkeeper. He was replaced on the Limerick team by his Cousin, Joe Quaid.

Poc Fada (Long Puck)

Tommy won a numerous awards as an individual and pairs competitions in the All-Ireland Poc Fada Championship (Poc Fada Craobh na hÉireann)

Poc Fada Craobh na hÉireann - Corn Cuailgne

1991 Tommy Quaid.

The All Ireland Poc Fada Champion is presented with the Corn Cuailgne trophy.

COMORTAS BERTIE WINNERS - Corn Setanta and Corn na Craoibhe Rua

1983 Joe Shortt (Armagh) Tommy Quaid (Limerick) 154 pocs

1986 John Kelly (Offaly) Tommy Quaid (Limerick) 117 pocs

1990 Des Donnelly (Antrim) Tommy Quaid (Limerick) 128 pocs

1991 Tommy Quaid (Limerick) Michael Shaughnessy (Galway) 115 pocs

The winners of the Comortas Bertie (The hurlers are put in pairs and the pair with the least number of combined pocs are the Championship). The Corn Setanta and Corn na Craoibhe Rua cups are presented to the winners.

Poc Fada GAA Website

[http://www.gaa.ie/page/poc_fada.html Poc Fada Role of Honour Winners]

Death

In retirement from playing at inter-county level, Quaid became involved in the management side of hurling. He coached the Limerick intermediate team in the 1998, however, on the week before his team were to play Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final tragedy struck. While working on the Credit Union building in Charleville, County Cork, Quaid fell 20 feet from some scaffolding and landed on his back, hitting his head in the process. He was immediately rushed to hospital, however, he died from his injuries several days later on 10 October, 1998.

Tommy Quaid Perpetual Cup

May 1st 2008, the Iverahain Golf Society launched the inaugural Tommy Quaid Perpetual Cup in The Hurlers, Castletroy, County Limerick.The Iverahain Golf Society will held its first annual outing at Limerick County Golf and Country Club on Saturday May 10th 2008. Membership of the society is confined to men who have worn the Hurling Number 1 jersey at senior inter-county level for one of the six Munster counties.

The Tommy Quaid Perpetual Cup will be awarded to the winner of this annual competition and the outing will alternate between the six Munster counties over the coming years. Present and former Hurling goalkeepers from the entire province have jumped at the opportunity of participating in this novel outing.

The event was launched on Thursday 1st May by former Clare goalkeeper Davy Fitzgerald. Also in attendance was Brian Murray (Limerick goalkeeper) and Donal Og Cusack (Cork goalkeeper).

Poem

Lament for Tommy Quaid

By Garry McMahon

The apples in the orchard,

are ripe for picking now

Brown gold and red, the leaves are shed

from bare and drooping brough,

The Chestnuts too are falling,

laying scattered through the glade

But a hurler’s eye won’t see them-

Feohanagh`s Tommy Quaid.

He`d catch a swooping swallow

going through a barn door

Our goalman with the eagle eye

whose face we`ll see no more

He ruled the square with skill and flair

undaunted, unafraid

But his race is done, our darling son

Feohanagh`s Tommy Quaid.

From seventy six to ninety three

his was a staring role

Leading by example

as he guarded Limerick’s goal,

`Tis hard to understand it all

as in cold clay he is laid

whey did he have to die so soon

Feohanagh`s Tommy Quaid.

We cheered him in Killarney,

in Cork and Thurles town,

Croke Park, the Cooley Mountains,

likewise the Gaelic Grounds,

Our All star from West Limerick

his fame will never fade

The best we’ve seen in white and green-

Feohanagh`s Tommy Quaid.

We`ll oft recall how he pucked the ball

with sweet and stylish strike

As his hurley blade is cut a swathe

through friends and foe alike,

With lightening fast reflexes t`was many the goal he saved

Will we ever see his likes again -

Feohanagh`s Tommy Quaid?

He met his doom in life`s full bloom,

our tears flow fast and free

For his grieving wife,

his parents dear and his loving children three,

Today he lies in Effin,

here on earth his last game played

But Heaven has a goal now-

Feohanagh`s Tommy Quaid.

External links

* [http://www.hoganstand.com/Limerick/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=17661 Hoganstand report on the Sporting Career of Tommy Quaid on 01 January 1993]
* [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/1999/0127/99012700012.html Irish Times Accident Report ]
* [http://www.gaa.ie/page/poc_fada.html Poc Fada Role of Honour Winners]
* [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/1998/1014/98101400155.html Irish Times "Quaid - an appreciation"]
* [http://www.limerickindependent.com/sport/sport/sport-in-brief-%11-14th-may-2008/1/ Limerick Independent Golf Report on Tommy Quaid Cup]
* [http://munster.gaa.ie/teams/railwaycuphurling.html Railway Cup]

See also

[Feohanagh-Castlemahon_GAA] Feohanagh-Castlemahon GAA]

Feohanagh

Castlemahon

Mahoonagh

Effin GAA

Limerick GAA

County Limerick

GAA


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