Irish name Tomas O Cuinn Years Club Sport Gaelic Football 2000- St Vincents | Position Left Corner Forward Name Tomas Quinn Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |
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St vincents gaa club development tom s quinn
Tomás 'Mossy' Quinn (Irish: Tomás Ó Cuinn) is an Irish All-Ireland winning Gaelic footballer from Dublin. He is sometimes known as Mossy Quinn. He plays his club football for St Vincents. He attended Ardscoil Rís in Marino and was the free-taker for the Dublin Senior Football Team. He has finished the last two seasons in the league as the top scorer for his county and finished as top scorer in the 2005 Championship. Quinn had been coached by former Dublin player and club-mate Jimmy Keaveney. Tomás made his debut for Dublin in the opening match of the 2003 National football league against Armagh.[1] Quinn was part of the Dublin panel that won the All Ireland Senior Football championship in 2011. On 2 November 2012, Mossy Quinn retired from inter-county GAA. After retiring from Inter County duty Quinn was an integral part of the St Vincents team that won Dublin and Leinster SFC in 2013 and then the All Ireland Club title on St Patricks Day in Croke Park V Castlebar Mitchells. St. Vincents retained their Dublin and Leinster SFC crowns in 2014 but were beaten by eventual winners Corofin in the All Ireland Semi final in Feb 2015.
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- St vincents gaa club development tom s quinn
- Tom s quinn ice bucket august 2014
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- References
In January 2014, Tomás took up his role as Commercial and Marketing Manager for Dublin GAA, the first role of its kind for GAA counties.
Tom s quinn ice bucket august 2014
2005
In the 2005 league Quinn became Dublin's first choice free taker. Throughout the National Football League he showed he could hold his nerve scoring the winning points in two matches from dead balls. He finished the NFL campaign with 4–23 (0-13f, 1–0 pen, 0–2 '45').
Quinn was on the Dublin panel that beat the Laois in the Leinster Senior Football Championship Final in Croke Park. He scored a total of four points in the final with two being of special note both scored in the dying minutes. The first drew the teams level while the second was the match winning point.
He finished the 2005 All-Ireland and Leinster Championships with a total of 1–29, which confirmed him as the top scoring player from Leinster. He finished in fifth top scorer as the All-Ireland Championship due to a lack of progress on Dublin's part in the 2005 Championship.
2006
He finished the 2006 NFL campaign as top scorer for the Dublin Senior panel with a total score of 3–22 (2–0 pens, 0-13f, 0–4 '45'). He was on Dublins winning side in the 2006 Leinster Senior football championship final clash against Offaly, helping Dublin gain their 46th championship. Quinn featured in the All-Ireland quarter final victory against Westmeath, notching a first half goal. He was substituted in the second half of the All-Ireland semi-final defeat at the hands of Mayo.
At club level, Mossy scored a total of 1–4 (0–3 '45', 0-1f) for St Vincents in their drubbing of Parnells, taking St Vincents to the fourth round of the 2006 Dublin senior club football championship. In the fourth round, St Vincents went on to meet St Brigids. Quinn's first half goal proved to be the difference between the sides in a game that finished at a scoreline of 1–8 to 0–9. Mossy scored a total of 1–2 in the game which took St Vincents in the Dublin Senior Club Football Championship quarter final where they played St Judes. He form continued against St Judes in a tight game in which Mossy scored 2–02 to take his side into the Dublin championship semi final against Na Fianna. Quinn helped guide his team past Na Fianna and went on to lose against UCD in the final. He finished the Dublin Championship as top-scorer in this year's championship with 7–31 (eight games). Quinn was named on the 2006 Dublin Bus/Evening Herald Blue Star football XV at full forward.[2]
2007
He won the 2007 O'Byrne Cup for Dublin against Laois at O'Connor Park in Offaly. The game finished on a scoreline of 1–18 to 2–13 against Laois. Mossy scored 1–11 (0-4f, 0–2 '45') for Dublin during their 2007 campaign in Division 1A.[3] Tomás was replaced by Mark Vaughan as the freekick taker for the Dublin senior football team for Dublins second game against Meath in the quarter final of the Leinster Senior Football Championship. Vaughan scored an impressive 0-08 as the freetaker and has been selected as the freetaker for the semi-final against Offaly. Quinn has retained his position on the Dublin team despite losing his role as freetaker.[4] Quinn won his first Dublin Senior Football Championship medal with St Vincents in 2007, scoring 0–04 in the final against St Brigids at Parnell Park. Mossy then went on to win the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship final against Tyrrellspass of Westmeath.[5]
2008
Tomás won the 2008 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship with St Vincents as captain while scoring total of 0–7 (0-5f) in their final win over Nemo Rangers.[6] Quinn restored his free taking role with the Dublin senior football team. He won his fourth Leinster title in a row with Dublin against Wexford in the final at Croke Park.[7]