Quirke set to join exclusive keeper club

ALAN QUIRKE is set to make a small bit of history in Killarney on Sunday by becoming only the fifth Cork goalkeeper to play in a Munster football final in 40 years.

Wed, 05 Jul, 2006 - 01:00
Jim O’Sullivan

ALAN QUIRKE is set to make a small bit of history in Killarney on Sunday by becoming only the fifth Cork goalkeeper to play in a Munster football final in 40 years.

The Valley Rovers clubman has taken over as first-choice ’keeper from Kevin O’Dwyer who had held the position almost without interruption for the past decade.

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CourtsGaaPlace: KillarneyPlace: Páirc Uí ChaoimhPerson: QuirkePerson: Alan QuirkePerson: Kevin O’DwyerPerson: O’DwyerPerson: John KerinsPerson: Billy MorganPerson: MorganPerson: Dave GeaneyPerson: Brian MurphyPerson: Micheal CreedonPerson: Eoin ListonPerson: CreedonPerson: Brian CorcoranPerson: KerinsPerson: Paul GalvinPerson: Éamonn FitzmauricePerson: AlanEvent: Munster footballEvent: Munster Football finalEvent: MunsterEvent: All-IrelandEvent: 1983 All-Ireland semi-Organisation: Valley RoversOrganisation: CorkOrganisation: UCCOrganisation: KerryOrganisation: Cork U-21Organisation: KildareOrganisation: CrosshavenOrganisation: Naomh AbanOrganisation: DublinOrganisation: WaterfordOrganisation: CastlehavenOrganisation: MonaghanOrganisation: Limerick
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