Colum Corless

Colum Corless, who lived from 12 May 1922 to 1 February 2015, was an Irish hurler from Kinvara, County Galway, who played as a right corner-back for the Galway senior team. He first played competitive hurling at St. Mary's College, joined the Galway minor team at seventeen, and in 1941 captained the Connacht hurling team. After making his senior debut in 1943 he became a regular in the starting fifteen. He won National Hurling League medals, including the 1950 to 51 title that Galway captured by beating the locals in New York by 2-11 to 2-8, and a second in 1954, as well as Oireachtas medals with Galway in 1950 and 1952. He was an All-Ireland runner-up once, played with Galway in New York and Chicago, and added a Dublin Senior Championship with the Faughs club in 1956.