Dual inter-county players seem to be a dying breed but they used to be fairly common. Who was the greatest? One obvious contender is Jimmy-Barry Murphy. The last high-profile dual player I can recall was Alan Kerins.

Gaillimh_Abu (Galway) - Posts: 1037 - 10/07/2009 16:53:33    340869

Keith higgins mayo

TheGrunt11 (Mayo) - Posts: 24 - 10/07/2009 17:16:50    340905

Kevin Moran

JuanVeron (Westmeath) - Posts: 1866 - 10/07/2009 17:21:55    340913

Ray Cummins Cork
Jimmy Barry Murphy
Teddy Mc Carthy

DUNGANNONABU (Tyrone) - Posts: 511 - 10/07/2009 17:29:50    340931

The late great Mick Holden of Dublin one of the few platers to win a Railway cup medal in both codes

bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4655 - 10/07/2009 18:01:52    340998

Jack Lynch or Jimmy Barry Murphy

dammon (Meath) - Posts: 1291 - 10/07/2009 18:15:40    341014

Cavans Paul Brady. Handball is considered a code isnt it?

irishstew (Sligo) - Posts: 172 - 10/07/2009 18:22:58    341024

liam kearns .he won all irelands in both codes and was fantastic at both .

liffo (Offaly) - Posts: 649 - 10/07/2009 18:24:27    341026

Liam Currams (Offaly)

Real Louth fan (Louth) - Posts: 3157 - 10/07/2009 18:48:39    341041

Brian Murphy of Cork !! Great at hurling and football and a quiet unassuming gentleman as well. Star of the early '70's.

Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 10/07/2009 19:02:30    341051

To be fair Alain Keirns wasnt much of a footballer, brilliant hurler mind. Never kicked a ball in his life till he was in Trinity of all places!

Unfortunately its a dying thing but Limerick always seem to have a few. Stephen Lucey and Riordan generaly play to a good level in both codes. It's hard to say who was the greatest. Barry Murphy will always spring to mind, if he'd been born ithough n say Westmeath his talents would never of been seen by the masses. Our own Johnny Nevin of Carlow was an immaculate footballer and excellent hurler too but most people would never have seen him play.

Hats off anyhow to all dual players. Its something which should be accommodated and encouraged by all inter county trainers

Passer_By (Carlow) - Posts: 537 - 10/07/2009 19:08:45    341056

Red Barry is a leinster final winner in hurling,but he's a better footballer,Sean Og was a right dual player,as was Brendan Cummins

Duffy89 (Wexford) - Posts: 3320 - 10/07/2009 20:04:57    341110

babs keating

bigman2 (Tipperary) - Posts: 1202 - 10/07/2009 20:11:20    341125

Teddy McCarthy. Always remember watching him when i was growing up, a beast of a man

frankbhoy77 (Antrim) - Posts: 1300 - 10/07/2009 20:18:58    341134

Undoubtedly Jimmy Barry-Murphy was the best. Top class in both codes. Credit to Teddy McCarthy aswell, it will be a long time before anyone matches his achievement of winning both in the same year (though Alan Kerins came close). JBM was a class ahead of Teddy though.

Passer_by, Alan Kerins actually isn't a bad footballer at all. He started all of Galway games in 2001 up to the final, but only came on as a sub that day. He also played on the Salthill team that won the All-Ireland club title in 2006. Not a natural footballer as such, but his pace, athleticism and tremendous workrate made him a valuable player to have around.

aidangalway (Galway) - Posts: 648 - 10/07/2009 22:52:03    341305

Rory woods monaghan.. Serious hurler believe it or not

Lofty (Monaghan) - Posts: 727 - 10/07/2009 23:12:14    341326

jimmy barry murphy without a doubt

jailhouse.usa (Galway) - Posts: 1155 - 10/07/2009 23:22:44    341334

Franboy77 "Teddy McCarthy. Always remember watching him when i was growing up, a beast of a man"

i always thought the same but saw him one day and he is no more the 5 ft 8"

Tom Kenny is also a savage footballer, would be a hugh asset to the Cork footballers if ye ever decided to play for them.

Kieran (None) - Posts: 118 - 11/07/2009 00:31:24    341405

Brian Murphy of Cork. All-Ireland medals at Senior, U-21, Minor and club levels in both hurling and football. Also has League medals in hurling. Has All-Stars for both hurling and football as well.

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6182 - 11/07/2009 00:32:08    341406

i rem seeing paddy quirke of carlow some operator , johnny bunyan of kerry was another , marked humphrey kelleher in the 75 munster final and it was some tussle he was also a powerful centre forward for the kerry hurlers for a number of years

kerryblue (Kerry) - Posts: 239 - 11/07/2009 01:17:31    341419