Connie Buckley
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| Connie Buckley | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Sport | Hurling | |
| Irish Name | Conchur Ó Buachalla | |
| Full name | Connie Buckley | |
| Place of birth | Blackpool , Cork | |
| Club information | ||
| Club | Glen Rovers | |
| Position | Midfield | |
| Inter-County | ||
| County | Cork | |
| Position | Midfield | |
| Inter-County(ies)** | ||
| County | Years | Apps (scores) |
| Cork | 1930s-1940s | |
| Senior Inter-County Titles | ||
| Munster Titles | 1 | |
| All-Ireland | 1 | |
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* club appearances and scores |
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Connie 'Sonny' Buckley was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Glen Rovers and with the Cork senior inter-county team throughout the 1930s and 1940s.
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[edit] Early life
Connie Buckley was born in Blackpool, a staunchly working-class area on the north side of Cork. He was educated locally at the North Monastery where he first tasted hurling success as captain of the school’s Harty Cup winning team.
[edit] Playing career
[edit] Club
Buckley played his club hurling with Glen Rovers, one of the most famous clubs of all-time. The club had joined the senior county championship in the 1920s, and went on to win their first county title, with Buckley at midfield, in 1934. An unprecedented seven more consecutive county titles would follow between then and 1941. Buckley was the only player to figure ein all eight successes and he was given the honour of captaining the side on the occasion of their eighth county victory in-a-row. His brother, Jack Buckley, joined the team in 1935, while another brother, Din Joe Buckley, became part of the set up in 1938. Connie Buckley retired from club hurling in 1942 following the Glen’s defeat in the county championship.
[edit] Inter-county
Buckley played hurling with the Cork senior inter-county team throughout the 1930s. Unfortunately, it was an unusually barren period for the county following great success in the 1920s. All this changed in 1939 when Crk, with Buckley starring at midfield, captured the Munster title for the first time since 1931. The subsequent All-Ireland final against Kilkenny has gone down in history as the ‘thunder and lightning final’, with Cork losing out to their great rivals by a single point following a ferocious thunderstorm. Cork contested the 1940 Munster final also, however, after a replay Limerick emerged as the victors. In 1941 Buckley was appointed captain of the Cork senior hurling team. It was an unusual championship as Tipperary and Kilkenny were not allowed to play due to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the counties. As a result of this Buckley’s side found themselves in an All-Ireland final after playing just one game. Cork easily defeated Dublin and Buckley captured a much sought-after All-Ireland medal. He retired from inter-county hurling shortly afterwards.
| Preceded by Jack Lynch |
Cork Senior Hurling Captain 1941 |
Succeeded by Jack Lynch |
| Preceded by Mick Mackey (Limerick) |
All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain 1941 |
Succeeded by Jack Lynch (Cork) |
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