Vincy Twomey

Vincy Twomey, born Vincent Twomey and living from 1929 to 30 May 1993, was an Irish hurler from Blackpool, Cork, who played as a centre-back for the Cork senior team. He joined the Cork minor team at seventeen and later the junior side, and joined the senior panel during the 1950 championship, playing a key role during a golden age for the team and winning three All-Ireland medals, four Munster medals and one National Hurling League medal, with one All-Ireland runner-up finish. He won one Railway Cup medal with Munster, was a multiple championship medallist with Glen Rovers and also enjoyed championship success as a Gaelic footballer with St. Nicholas'. He made 19 championship appearances and retired from inter-county hurling after the 1957 championship.