Tommy Quaid

His father was one of the key players on the Limerick team which beat London in the 1954 All-Ireland junior final.

He won a senior Munster title the following year when a Mick Mackey-trained team shocked Clare in the provincial decider.

Quaid's five children all followed in their father's footsteps on the hurling field.

Séamus Quaid was a stalwart of the Feohanagh club until he emigrated to Australia.

John Quaid went on to represent his county at minor and under 21 levels while Pat Quaid also served as a member of the Limerick under-21 hurling panel.

Noreen Quaid also represented her County and local club in Feoghangh.

The Quaid family moved to Feohanagh, County Limerick when Tommy was just a few years old.

He was educated at the local national school before later attending secondary school in nearby Newcastle West.

Quaid trained as a fitter with the local Golden Vale company and later set up his own engineering business.

In retirement from inter-county hurling he built up his business.

Tommy Quaid (23 April 1957 – 10 October 1998) was an Irish sportsperson.

Tommy Quaid was born in Charleville, County Cork in 1957.

The son of Bridie (née Collins) and Jack Quaid, he was born into a family that had a strong association with hurling.

He was passed over for inter-county duty on the Limerick minor team in 1973, however, he joined the side the following year as goalkeeper.

He spent an unsuccessful two-year spell with the Limerick minors.

In 1975 Quaid joined the Limerick senior hurling team, making his debut in a National Hurling League quarter-final against Kilkenny.

The young goalkeeper, however, took stage fright and had a nightmare of a game.

He played hurling at various times with his local clubs Feohanagh-Castlemahon and Effin and was the goalkeeper on the Limerick senior inter-county team from 1976 until 1993.

Quaid was regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of his generation.

By 1976 Quaid had redeemed himself and took over from Séamus Horgan as first-choice goalkeeper for the championship.

Quaid's side contested the Munster final 1976, however, Cork were victorious on that occasion as Limerick went into decline.

Quaid later joined the county under-21 hurling team, however, in spite of a disastrous Munster final appearance in 1977, he enjoyed little success.

They were completely trounced again in 1979 on a score line of 2–14 to 0–9 as Cork captured a record-equaling fifth Munster title in-a-row.

In 1980 Cork were going for a sixth Munster Championship in succession.

For the fourth time in six years Limerick provided the opposition in the provincial decider.

After an exciting seventy minutes Cork's hopes were dashed by 2–14 to 2–10 as Quiad collected a first Munster winners' medal.

Quaid's most successful hour came in 1990 when he captained Feohanagh-Castlemahon to a West Limerick senior hurling title.

Unfortunately he never won a county senior title.

In later years he played his club hurling with Effin, where he won three South Limerick junior hurling titles.

Quaid's performances at club level brought him to the attentions of the inter-county selectors.

In 1998, however, tragedy struck.

While working on the Credit Union building in Charleville, the place of his birth, Quaid fell twenty feet from some scaffolding and landed on his back, hitting his head in the process.

He was immediately rushed to hospital, however, he died from his injuries several days later on 10 October 1998.

Quaid's sons Tomás and Nicky represented Limerick at underage levels and were members of the Effin team that lost the 2007 Limerick Junior 'A' hurling final to a Caherline team.

Nickie Quaid now plays in goal for the Limerick senior hurling team.

Quaid played his club hurling with his local Feohanagh-Castlemahon club.

In spite of being a goalkeeper at inter-county level he played as a forward during most of his club career and, more often than not, he also served as the team's free-taker.

Quaid's club career got off to a less than auspicious start.

After losing back-to-back minor finals he subsequently joined the club's under-21 team.

Success, however, also eluded him in this grade as he suffered the heartbreak of losing four consecutive Under-21 West Division finals.