Séamus Looney

Séamus Looney, born James V. Looney in 1950, was an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer from Cork who died on 6 June 2022. At club level he played with St Finbarr's and University College Cork, and he was a member of the Cork senior teams as a dual player. His senior career was brief, yet he was one of the most decorated players of his generation, winning ten All-Ireland medals at various grades between 1967 and 1975. He first came to prominence at colleges level with Coláiste Chríost Rí, won a Hogan Cup, and later took Fitzgibbon Cup and Sigerson Cup medals while studying medicine at University College Cork. With Cork he won consecutive All-Ireland minor football titles, five All-Ireland under-21 titles and the 1970 All-Ireland senior hurling title, and with St Finbarr's he added the 1975 All-Ireland Club Championship.