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Jack Cahalane
Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler
Jack Cahalane (born 2002) is an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler who plays for club sides St Finbarr's and Castlehaven and at senior level with the Cork county football team. He usually lines out as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Seán Ó Cathaláin | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Left corner-forward | ||
| Born |
2002 Cork, Ireland | ||
| Occupation | Student | ||
| Club(s)* | |||
| Years | Club | Apps (scores) | |
2020–present 2020–present |
Castlehaven St Finbarr's |
24 (4–21) 17 (1–29) | |
| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Cork titles | 1 | 1 | |
| Munster titles | 1 | 0 | |
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| MTU Cork | |||
| College titles | |||
| Sigerson titles | 0 | ||
| Fitzgibbon titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2022 | Cork | 1 (0-00) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
|
* club appearances and scores correct as of 14:47, 10 December 2023. | |||
Cahalane played as a dual player at school level with Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh and later moved to Christian Brothers College and came in two successive Harty Cup finals in 2019 and 2020 but losing both to Midleton CBS and St. Flannan's College, Ennis. While he also lining out at juvenile and underage levels with the St. Finbarr's and Castlehaven clubs.[1] He made his senior debut in both codes in 2020. Cahalane first played at inter-county level with Cork as a dual minor in 2018 and ended his time in this grade with an All-Ireland MFC title.[2] He later won consecutive All-Ireland U20C titles with the Cork under-20 hurling team.[3][4] Cahalane was added to the Cork senior football team for the 2022 McGrath Cup.[5][6]
His father, Niall Cahalane, and his uncle, John Cleary, won All-Ireland SFC medals as members of the Cork senior football team in 1989 and 1990.[7] Cahalane's aunt, Nollaig Cleary, won nine All-Ireland medals with Cork.[8] His brothers, Conor and Damien Cahalane, have also played for Cork.
- As of match played 12 June 2022
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Cork | 2022 | Division 2 | — | — | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | ||
| Total | — | — | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | ||||
- St. Finbarr's
- Castlehaven
- Cork
- "Rebel Óg Academy Panels Summer 2016". Rebel Óg website. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- "Cork end 19-year minor drought in extra-time thriller". RTÉ Sport. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- O'Toole, Fintan (10 July 2021). "Cork end All-Ireland hurling title wait as goals key in U20 final success against Dublin". The 42. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- "Impressive Cork crowned BGE All-Ireland U-20 Hurling Champions". GAA website. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- "All-Ireland hurling winner Cahalane in Cork senior football squad for McGrath Cup tie". The 42. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- "Cork All-Ireland winner's dual dilemma – 'It is always very tough to step away'". The 42. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- Sweeney, Éamonn (20 October 2013). "Driven on by love and pride". Irish Independent. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- McCarthy, Kieran (6 June 2015). "Nollaig hangs up her boots". The Southern Star. Retrieved 7 July 2018.