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{{short description|Irish hurler}}
{{BLP primary sources|date=April 2008}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use Irish English|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox GAA player
| code= Hurling
| sport = Hurling
| image = 
| name = Éamonn Corcoran
| irish = Éamonn Ó Corcráin
| fullname = Éamonn Corcoran
| feet = 6
| inches = 0
| nickname = 
| county = Tipperary
| province = Munster
| club = [[J.K. Bracken's GAC]]
| clposition = Half-back
| clubs = 
| clyears = 
| clapps(points) = 
| clcounty = 
| clprovince= 
| clallireland = 
| counties = Tipperary
| icposition = Right wing-back
| icyears = 1999-2008<ref name="trib caps">{{cite news |first=Leo |last=McGough |author2=Kieran Shannon |title=When Sunday Comes |work=[[Sunday Tribune]] |page=9 (Sport) |date=16 August 2009 |accessdate=17 August 2009 |url=http://www.tribune.ie/sport/hurling/article/2009/aug/16/when-sunday-comes/ }}</ref>
| icapps(points) = 43<ref name="trib caps"/> (0-04)
| icprovince = 2
| icallireland = 1
| nhl = 3
| allstars = 1
| clupdate = 
| icupdate =
| birth_date={{Birth date and age|1977|10|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place=[[Templemore]], [[County Tipperary]]
}}
'''Éamonn Corcoran''' (born 17 October 1977 in [[Templemore]], [[County Tipperary]]) is an [[Irish people|Irish]] sportsperson. He plays [[hurling]] with his local club [[J.K. Bracken's GAC]]. He was a member of the [[Tipperary GAA]] senior inter-county team from 1999 until 2008.

==Early life==

Éamonn Corcoran was born in [[Templemore]], [[County Tipperary]] in 1977 . From an early age he showed great skill at the game of [[hurling]]. Corcoran began his hurling career with Scoil Colmchille Primary School where he won county honours. From here Corcoran later went to [[Our Lady's Secondary School, Templemore]] where his hurling skills were further developed. Here he won an All-Ireland Colleges' B Championship medal. In 1997 Corcoran began studying at the [[Waterford Institute of Technology]]. Here he had more hurling success, winning an All-Ireland Freshers medal together with an All-Ireland Senior League medal. In 1999 and 2000 he won back-to-back [[Fitzgibbon Cup]] and All-Ireland Senior League medals with the college. Corcoran was named the player of the tournament in both Fitzgibbon Cup tournaments playing at centre-back.

==Playing career==

===Club===

Corcoran plays his club [[hurling]] with the famous [[J.K. Bracken's GAC|J.K. Bracken's]] club in Templemore.

===Inter-county===

Corcoran played minor and under-21 hurling with [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] for several years without success. He quickly joined the senior team, winning a [[National Hurling League]] medal in 1999. Later that summer he made his championship hurling debut in a [[Munster Senior Hurling Championship|Munster Championship]] game against [[Kerry GAA|Kerry]]. Two years later in 2001 Corcoran captured his second National League medal with Tipp. Later that same year he won his first Munster medal before later winning his first [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|All-Ireland]] medal following a win over [[Galway GAA|Galway]]. Corcoran's performance throughout the championship also earned him an [[GAA All Stars Awards|All-Star]] award. Corcoran was part of the Tipperary team who won the league championship in 2008, his third league medal. His two top fans are Damien Byrne and Patrick Fennell. Corcoran retired from the inter-county scene in January 2009. He is one of the best takers of sideline cuts in the game.

==See also==
*[http://tipperary.gaa.ie/seniorhurlingplayerprofiles.html Tipperary Player Profiles]

==References==
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{{Tipperary NHL Team 1999}}
{{Tipperary NHL Team 2001}}
{{Tipperary Hurling Team 2001}}
{{Tipperary NHL Team 2008}}
{{Tipperary Hurling Team 2008}}
{{2001 Hurling All Stars}}

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[[Category:1977 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:J.K. Bracken's hurlers]]
[[Category:Tipperary inter-county hurlers]]
[[Category:Munster inter-provincial hurlers]]
[[Category:All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners]]
[[Category:People educated at Our Lady's Secondary School, Templemore]]
[[Category:Alumni of Waterford Institute of Technology]]
[[Category:Waterford IT hurlers]]