David Quirke (hurler)

David Quirke, born on 11 July 1970 in Midleton, County Cork, is an Irish retired hurler who played as a centre-back for the Cork senior team. He first played hurling at Midleton CBS Secondary School, joined the Cork minor team at seventeen and later the under-21 side, and made his senior debut in the 1990 championship, becoming a regular for a number of years and winning one All-Ireland medal and one Munster medal. At club level he is a one-time championship medallist with Midleton. He made nine championship appearances for Cork and retired after the 1996 championship. Afterwards he became captain of Fota Island Golf Club in 2014, the year the Irish Open was hosted there, and he is owner and director of the Cork-based Blackwater Motors and Audi Cork Group.