Colm Sheehan

Colm Sheehan, born on 9 September 1941, was an Irish hurler who played for the club side Éire Óg and the divisional side Muskerry and was the full-forward on the Cork senior hurling team that won the 1966 All-Ireland Championship. His club career with Éire Óg lasted over twenty years and spanned three decades, and he won Cork Junior Championship medals in 1962 and 1977. He made his first appearance for the Cork senior hurling team during the 1965 Munster Championship, having played for the county in the minor, junior and intermediate grades. In 1966 he scored a hat-trick of goals in the final when Cork won their first All-Ireland Championship in 12 years, having earlier won the Munster Championship, and he ended his inter-county career with the Cork intermediate team in 1968. His grandnephew Ciarán Sheehan is an All-Ireland medal winner with the Cork senior football team.