Johnny McGurk

Johnny McGurk

] Johnny McGurk works as an accountant.

Inter-county career

McGurk won an Ulster Minor Championship and All-Ireland Minor Championship with Derry in 1983 [cite web |url= http://www.derrygaa.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73&Itemid=122|title= Derry Football Roll of Honour|accessdate=2008-01-17 |format= |work= ] .

He made his Derry senior debut in 1988 as a 19 year old against Antrim in the National Football Leaguecite book | first=Eoghan | last=Corry | title=Oakboys - Derry's Football Dream Come True | publisher=Torc Books Ltd. | location=Dublin, Ireland | year=1993 | pages = 20-21 | id=ISBN 1-898142-10-6] . He was part of Derry's 1993 Ulster Championship and All-Ireland winning team, which beat Cork in the final. McGurk added a second Ulster Championship medal in 1998.

He won National Football League medals with Derry in 1992, 1995 and 1996.

Hurling

Among McGurk's hurling honours was winning the Ulster Under 21 Hurling Championship with Derry in 1986, defeating Antrim and Down along the way. He scored 1-01 against Antrim in the semi-final at Loughguile in a 2-20 to 1-06 victory. They beat Down in the final after a reply; 3-09 to 1-02. McGurk's brother Collie was also part of the panel. [cite news |first= |last= |title=Will Derry be singing the Blues at Newry? |url= |work=The Mid-Ulster Observer |publisher= |date=2007-08-16 |accessdate=2008-06-05 ]

Club career

He made his club debut when 15 years old and won a large array of medals with Lavey. He won four Derry Senior Football Championships and two Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. The highlight of his club career was captaining Lavey to victory in the 1991 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. He said "My greatest memory is of lifting the Cup and seeing the whole parish of Lavey down below me in Croke Park". [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=GAA: Caltra’s fairytale journey reaches final destination |url=http://archives.tcm.ie/westernpeople/2004/03/17/story18666.asp |work=Western People |publisher= |date=2004-03-17 |accessdate=2008-04-06 ] He also won the Derry Senior Hurling Championship on a number of occasions.

References

External links

* [http://www.laveygac.ie/ Erin's Own GAC website]
* [http://www.derrygaa.ie Official Derry GAA Website]


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