Dan Moylan

Dan "Cooper" Moylan (born 1915) was an Irish hurler who played as a right corner-forward for the Cork senior team.

Moylan made his first appearance for the team during the 1938 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until he left the panel after the 1940 championship. During that time he won one Munster medal as a non-playing substitute.

At club level Moylan was an eight-time county club championship medalist with Glen Rovers.

Playing career[]

Club[]

Moylan played his club hurling with the famous Glen Rovers and enjoyed much success during a golden age for the club.^{[citation needed]}

In 1934 Moylan had joined the Glen Rovers senior hurling team that had qualified for only their second ever championship decider. A 3-2 to 0-6 defeat of four-in-a-row hopefuls St. Finbarr's gave Moylan a Cork Senior Hurling Championship medal.^[1] He added a second championship medal to his collection the following year when Carrigtwohill gave Glen Rovers a walkover in the championship decider.^{[citation needed]}

The Glen continued to dominated Cork hurling once again in 1936. In spite of having two players sent off, Moylan won a third successive championship medal following a decisive 7-5 to 4-2 defeat of Sarsfield's.^[2]

Having been granted a walkover by the same opposition two years earlier, Glen Rovers faced Carrigtwohill in the county decider of 1937. The dominance continued and a 3-5 to 1-0 score line gave Moylan a fourth championship medal.^{[citation needed]}

In 1938 Glen Rovers set out to make history by besting Blackrock's twenty-five-year-old championship record. Midleton stood in the way of a fifth successive championship title, however, a comprehensive 5-6 o 1-3 score line secured the victory and gave Moylan his fifth championship.^{[citation needed]}

The success continued once again the following year as Glen Rovers faced Blackrock in their first championship decider meeting in almost a decade. A 5-4 to 2-5 win for the Glen gave Moylan a sixth successive championship medal.^[3]

Sarsfield's stood in the way of Glen Rovers securing a seventh successive championship in 1940. In one of the most high-scoring county finals of all-time, Moylan won his seventh championship medal following a 10-6 to 7-5 defeat of Sars.^[4]

In 1941 Glen Rovers reached an eighth successive decider. In a game that set them apart from all other teams, the Glen continued their stranglehold of club hurling in Cork by claiming the victory following a 4-7 to 2-2 defeat of Ballincollig.

Inter-county[]

Moylan first played for Cork in the minor grade in 1933, however, his one year with the team ended without success.

Five years later in 1938 Moylan made his goal-scoring senior debut for Cork in a Munster quarter-final defeat of Limerck. He was a regular member of the starting fifteen that year.

In 1939 Cork made a breakthrough in the provincial championship after nearly a decade in the doldrums, however, Moylan was dropped from the starting fifteen. In spite of this he collected a Munster medal as a non-playing substitute as Cork defeated Limerick by 4-3 to 3-4. Moylan was an unused sub in the subsequent All-Ireland final against Kilkenny. In one of the most iconic championship deciders of all-time, played on the day that World War II broke out, the climax of which was played in a ferocious thunder storm. Cork were defeated on a score line of 2-7 to 3-3.^[5]

Moylan fought his way back onto the Cork starting fifteen in 1940, however, he left the panel at the end of the season.

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