Ger Cornally

Ger Cornally

Personal information
Irish name	Gearóid Ó Cornalaigh
Sport	Hurling
Position	Full-back
Born	Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Thurles Sarsfields
Club titles
Tipperary titles	8
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1937-1948	Tipperary
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	3
All-Irelands	2
NHL	0

Ger Cornally was an Irish hurler who played as a full-back for the Tipperary senior team.

Born in Thurles, County Tipperary, Cornally first excelled at hurling in his youth. He arrived on the inter-county scene when he first linked up with the Tipperary junior team. He made his senior debut during the 1937 championship. Cornally immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won two All-Ireland medals and three Munster medals.

As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Cornally won two Railway Cup medals. At club level he was an eight-time championship medallist with Thurles Sarsfields.

Cornally retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1948 championship.

Honours

Player

Thurles Sarsfields

• Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (8): 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946 (c)

Tipperary

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1937, 1945
• Munster Senior Hurling Championship (3): 1937, 1941, 1945

Munster

• Railway Cup (3): 1938 (sub), 1940, 1946 (c)

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by Johnny Quirke	Munster Hurling Captain 1946	Succeeded by Christy Ring
Achievements
Preceded by Johnny Quirke (Cork)	Railway Cup Hurling Final winning captain 1946	Succeeded by Seánie Duggan (Connacht)