Mick Ahern

Mick Ahern, formally Michael John Ahern and known as Gah, was an Irish hurler who lived from 22 May 1905 until his death on 30 December 1946 and played as a full-forward for the Cork senior team. Born in Ballintemple, Cork, he first played competitive hurling during his schooling at Crab Lane National School and arrived on the inter-county scene at twenty with the Cork junior team. With Blackrock he won the Cork Senior Hurling Championship six times between 1924 and 1931, and with Cork he won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship in 1926, 1928, 1929 and 1931.