Ronan Curran, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ronan Curran

Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer

Date of Birth: 26-Feb-1981

Place of Birth: Cork, Munster, Ireland

Profession: Gaelic football player, hurler

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Ronan Curran

  • Ronan Curran (born 26 February 1981) is an Irish hurling manager and former hurler.
  • He is the manager of his former club St.
  • Finbarr's.
  • Curran played for the Cork senior hurling team for 10 years, during which time he made a record number of appearances as a centre-back.
  • Described as the outstanding centre-back of the decade, his half-back-line partnership with Seán Óg Ó hAilpín and John Gardiner is regarded as one of the greatest of all-time.Curran began his career at club level with St.
  • Finbarr's.
  • After championship success in the minor grades in both hurling and Gaelic football, he spent much of his adult career as a dual player at the highest level.
  • Curran enjoyed his only success at senior level when he won a Premier Intermediate Football Championship medal in 2008 and a return to the top flight of Cork football.
  • His early prowess also saw him selected for the Cork Institute of Technology in the Fitzgibbon Cup. At inter-county level, Curran was part of the successful Cork minor team that won the All-Ireland Championship in 1998 before an unsuccessful three-year stint with the under-21 team.
  • He joined the Cork senior team in 2001.
  • Curran eventually became Cork's first-choice centre-back and made a combined total of 97 National League and Championship appearances in a career that ended with his last game in 2011.
  • During that time he was part of two All-Ireland Championship-winning teams – in 2004 and 2005.
  • Curran also secured three Munster Championship medals.
  • He announced his retirement from inter-county hurling on 24 August 2011.Curran won his first All-Star in 2003, before claiming a further two All-Stars in 2004 and 2006.
  • At inter-provincial level, he was selected to play in three championship campaigns with Munster, with his sole Railway Cup medal being won in 2005.

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