Ned Coughlan

Ned Coughlan (born 1943) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played as a centre-forward for the Cork senior football team. Born in Mitchelstown, County Cork, he first played competitive football in his youth and arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team, before later joining the under-21 and junior sides. He made his senior debut during the 1962 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen for a brief period, and he was a Munster runner-up on three occasions. At club level he won numerous championship medals with Mitchelstown. Throughout his career he played just five championship games for Cork, and his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1965 championship.