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Dual player

Term used in Ireland to describe a person competing in multiple sports

Dual player or dual star is a term used in Hiberno-English to describe someone who competes in multiple sports, for example, in Victorian Ireland, cricket and hurling. The term today in Gaelic games typically describes a male player who plays both Gaelic football and hurling or, if a female player, a player of ladies' Gaelic football and camogie. The player does not necessarily have to play at the same standard in both sports. The number of dual stars at county level has decreased recently due to the increasing demands placed upon the best players of both sports.

01List of dual players with All-Ireland titles

Name Team(s) All-Ireland SHC titles All-Ireland SFC titles
Kerins, AlanGalway, 2001
Barry-Murphy, JimmyCork1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 19861973
Beckett, DerryCork19421945
Blaney, GregDown
, 1991, 1994
Burke, FrankDublin1917, 19201921, 1922, 1923
Cadogan, EoinCork, 2010
Collins, PodgeClare2013,
Collins, SeánClare2013,
Coughlan, DenisCork1976, 1977, 19781973
Cregan, ÉamonnLimerick1973,
Cummins, BrendanTipperary2001, 2010,
Cummins, RayCork1970, 1976, 1977, 19781973
Currams, LiamOffaly19811982
Ferguson, DesDublin, 1958, 1963
Foley, LarDublin, 1958, 1963
Grace, PierceDublin
Kilkenny
1911, 1912, 19131906, 1907
Lynch, JackCork1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 19461945
Mackessy, BillyCork19031911
McCarthy, TeddyCork1986, 19901989, 1990
Mackey, PaddyWexford19101915, 1916, 1917, 1918
Markham, LiamClare2013,
McGrath, LeonardGalway19231925
McInerney, CathalClare2013,
Murphy, BrianCork1976, 1977, 19781973
Ó hAilpín, Seán ÓgCork1999, 2004, 2005,
O'Halloran, DavyClare2013,
O'Kennedy, SeánWexford19101915, 1916, 1917
O'Neill, AlanClare2013,
Spain, W. J.Dublin
Limerick
18871889
Walsh, AidanCork, 2010
Walsh, DenisCork1986, 19901989, 1990
Wilson, MarcusDublin, 1958

In 1990, Teddy McCarthy of Cork became the first player to win both a football and a hurling All-Ireland in the same year. This unique achievement remains intact as of 2026.

Ex-Taoiseach Jack Lynch won one football and five hurling All-Irelands with Cork during the 1940s.

02List of dual players with All Stars in both codes

A few players have won All Star Awards in both codes. These include:

Ray Cummins has uniquely won an All Star Award in both hurling and Gaelic football in the same year, 1971.

03Ladies' Gaelic football/camogie

04Dual county

Dual county is a similar term for counties that have teams that play at the same level in both football and hurling.

05Dual manager

The definition of a dual manager is Anthony Cunningham.

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