Joe Quaid

His father, Jim Quaid, was a key player on the Limerick team which beat London in the 1954 junior All-Ireland final.

His uncle, Jack Quaid, was also a member of this side and the brothers also won Munster Senior Hurling medals in 1955, when a young Limerick side surprised a more experienced Clare side in the final.

Their first cousin, Seamus Quaid, also played on Limerick senior teams and also played with Wexford, with whom he won an All Ireland senior medal in 1960.

Joseph M. Quaid (born 10 April 1972) is an Irish hurling manager and former player.

Joe Quaid was born in Ahawilk Feohanagh, County Limerick in 1972.

He was born into a family that had a strong association with hurling.

Joe succeeded his cousin playing position, Tommy Quaid, who was the goalkeeper on the Limerick team from 1976 until 1993.

Quaid played his club hurling with Feohanagh and Murroe-Boher.

He enjoyed some underage success with the side but failed to win a senior county championship.

Quaid first played for Limerick at minor level.

He made his first appearance for the team on 6 July 1988 in a 4-10 to 2-06 Munster semi-final defeat by Tipperary.

On 2 July 1989, Quaid lined out in goal for Limerick's 2-13 to 2-12 defeat by Clare in the Munster final.

His third and final season on the minor team ended with a Munster semi-final defeat by Clare.

Quaid subsequently joined the Limerick under-21 hurling team.

On 7 August 1991, he was in goal for Limerick's 0-17 to 1-07 defeat by Cork in the Munster final.

Quaid joined the Limerick senior team during the 1991-92 National League as understudy to regular goalkeeper Tommy Quaid.

On 10 May 1992, he won a National Hurling League medal as a non-playing substitute after a 0-14 to 0-13 defeat of Tipperary in the final.

On 23 July 1993, Quaid made his last appearance for the under-21 team when he lined out in goal in a 1-18 to 3-09 Munster final defeat by Cork.

On 17 October 1993, Quaid made his debut with the Limerick senior team in a 1-13 to 0-13 National Hurling League defeat of Cork.

Later that season he made his first appearance in the Munster Championship, before winning his first provincial winners' medal after a 0-25 to 2-10 defeat of Clare in the final.

Quaid made his senior debut during the 1994 championship.

He went on to play a key role for Limerick as goalkeeper during a relatively successful era, and won two Munster medals and two National Hurling League medals.

He was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.

As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team, Quaid won two Railway Cup medals, one on the field of play and one as a non-playing substitute.

On 3 September 1994, Quaid lined out in goal for Limerick's All-Ireland final meeting with Offaly.

With five minutes of normal time remaining, Limerick were leading by 2-13 to 1-11 and looked to be heading to their first title in 21 years when Offaly were awarded a free 20 metres from the goal.

Quaid later admitted that he was to blame for the resultant goal in that he didn't organise his defence well enough to stop a low-struck free from Johnny Dooley.

He was erroneously blamed for Offaly's second goal after what was described as a quick and errant puck-out leading to Pat O'Connor putting Offaly a point ahead.

Quaid later described the puck-out: "I didn’t rush back to the goals. I went back and picked up the ball, walked behind the goals like I normally would. Hegarty was out in the middle of the field on his own. I dropped the ball into his hand 70 yards out from goal. He caught the ball and in contact the ball squirted out of his hands."

Quaid retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 2000 championship, but returned two years later for one final season.

In retirement from playing, Quaid has become involved in team management and coaching.

At club level he has taken charge of the Murroe-Boher senior team, guiding them to the semi-finals of the championship.

At inter-county level he is a two-time All-Ireland-winning manager, firstly with the Limerick under-16 team and later with the Limerick intermediate camogie team.

Quaid was appointed manager of the Kildare senior team on 6 October 2015.

He was the manager of the Westmeath senior team in 2019.

Born in Feohanagh, County Limerick, Quaid was introduced to hurling by his father, an All-Ireland medal winner with the Limerick junior team.

At schools level he played with Newcastle West Vocational School, while simultaneously playing at juvenile and underage levels with Feohanagh.

Eventually playing with the club's senior team, Quaid subsequently transferred to the Murroe-Boher club where he won one championship medal.

Quaid made his debut on the inter-county scene when he first linked up with the Limerick minor team.

He later joined the under-21 side but enjoyed little success in either of these grades.