Alan Quirke

Infobox GAA player
code= Football
sport = Gaelic football


name = Alan Quirke
irish =
fullname = Alan Quirke
placeofbirth = Innishannon
countryofbirth = County Cork
height = 6' 4"
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county = Cork
province = Munster
club = Valley Rovers
clposition = Goalkeeper
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counties = Cork
icposition = Goalkeeper
icyears = 2000s
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icprovince = 1
icallireland = 0
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Capt. Alan Quirke (born 1977 in Innishannon, County Cork) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his lcoal club Valley Rovers and with the Cork senior inter-county team. Quirke is also a member of the Irish Army.

Playing career

Club

Quirke plays his club footbell with his local club Valley Rovers. He has had some success with this club, however, he won a senior county title with UCC in 1999. This was later converted into a Munster club title.

Inter-county

Quirke first came to prominence on the inter-county scene in 2005 when he served as goalkeeper on the Cork team that won the Munster junior title. This was later converted into an All-Ireland title following a victory over Meath in the final. Quirke later joined the Cork senior football team and he quickly became the first-choice goalkeeper. He won a Munster title in 2006 following a victory over arch-rivals Kerry in a provincial final replay. Kerry later gained revenge by defeating Cork in the All-Ireland semi-final. In 2007 Cork lost their provincial crown, however, they later qualified for an historic all-Munster All-Ireland final meeting with Kerry.

Teams