Joe Corcoran

Joseph Corcoran (1940 – 23 October 2017) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career at senior level with the Mayo county team spanned three decades from 1958 until 1974.^[1]

Born in Ballina, County Mayo, Corcoran played at golf in his youth.^[2] At the age of fourteen he first played competitive Gaelic football with the Ardnaree Sarsfields club. He later progressed onto the adult team and won two county junior championship medals.^{[citation needed]}

Corcoran made his debut on the inter-county scene when he was selected for the Mayo minor team. He was an All-Ireland runner-up in this grade in 1958, having earlier won a Connacht medal. Corcoran made his senior debut during the 1958-59 league and, after a brief spell with the Mayo junior team, he became a regular member of the team. Over the course of a sixteen-year career, he won Connacht medals in 1967 and 1969, followed by a National League medal in 1970. Corcoran played his last game for Mayo in March 1974.^{[citation needed]}

As a member of the Connacht inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Corcoran won a Railway Cup medal in 1969.^{[citation needed]}

Honours[]

Ardnaree Sarsfields

• Mayo Junior Football Championship (2): 1959, 1971

Mayo

• Connacht Senior Football Championship (2): 1967, 1969
• National Football League (1): 1969-70

Connacht

• Railway Cup (1): 1969

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