Michael G. Tubridy

Michael Gerard Tubridy was an Irish Army officer who excelled in two sports, Gaelic football and showjumping. Born in Kilrush, County Clare, on 28 September 1922, he entered the Irish Army as a cadet in November 1941 and served at Ballincollig, County Cork. He played as a left wing-forward for the Cork senior football team in the 1945 championship, his only season with the county, and won both All-Ireland and Munster senior football championship medals that year. At club level he played for the Kilrush Shamrocks and the Army. In 1945 he transferred to the Army Equitation School and had showjumping successes on horses such as Bruree and Ballyneety. After retiring from the army in January 1954 he managed a stud farm in County Meath, and he died after a riding accident there on 16 April 1954. The Kilrush Shamrocks playing field is named Captain Tubridy Memorial Park in his honour.