The Mighty Quinn doing it for love of the game

NED QUINN is the man with the Midas touch.

Whatever he lays his hands upon turns to gold. There’s the obvious success in his private life, not so much the big house and big car (and Ned has both) as the happy, healthy, hard-working family he and his wife Lucy have raised; there’s also, though, the magnificent complex that is home to his native Mooncoin GAA, and of course there’s the success being enjoyed by Kilkenny hurling, at every level.

With Mooncoin, Ned has been involved since the mid-60s. He was there when they had nothing to their name but can now point proudly to two full-size pitches (one with a covered stand), an indoor hurling alley, a gym, and top-of-the-range dressing rooms, all completed with massive coordinated local effort.