Jimmy Smiddy
Personal information
Irish name Séamus Smidí
Sport Hurling
Position Right corner-forward
Born 1974
Castlemartyr, County Cork, Ireland
Occupation Garda Síochána[1]
Club(s)
Years Club Apps (scores)
1991-2015
1993-2005
 Castlemartyr
→ Imokilly
28 (5-94)
Club titles
Cork titles 2
Colleges(s)
Years College
 Garda College
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1996
 Cork 0 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
All Stars 0

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.

Career

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]

Honours

Castlemarty
Imokilly
Cork

References

  1. ↑ "Community gardaí in Cork supporting most vulnerable during pandemic". Echo Live. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Brian Corcoran's brilliance at U14 helped establish the mystique of the Imokilly division". Echo Live. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "50 years of heartbreak over for comeback kings Castlemartyr". Irish Examiner. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "O'Leary guiding light". Irish Times. 6 October 1997. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Imokilly repeat success". Irish Times. 2 November 1998. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Minor football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Under 21 hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Junior hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Intermediate hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
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