Joe Moran (hurler)

Joe Moran, born in 1987 in Carrigaline, County Cork, is an Irish inter-county hurler who plays his club hurling with Carrigaline and at county level with the Cork senior team. He played at underage level for Cork and with Cork in the 2006 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship, winning the Munster championship. In 2008 he was a key player for Carrigaline as they won the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship, being described as the team defence's bedrock. He was among the players called up to the Cork senior squad by Gerald McCarthy for the 2009 National Hurling League when the 2008 squad refused to play under McCarthy, having featured in the pre-season Waterford Crystal tournament. He did not start Cork's first match, a loss to Dublin, but was drafted in at right half-back for the second game against Tipperary and was praised for a steady performance, though he played only 26 minutes in the next game, against Galway.