Alan Quirke

Alan Quirke (born 19 October 1976 in Innishannon, County Cork, Ireland) is an Irish sportsperson.

He plays Gaelic football with his local club Valley Rovers and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1999 to 2013.

The replay saw UCC prove too strong for Nemo and a merited 1–11 to 1–8 victory gave Quirke a county senior championship winners' medal.

Doonbeg provided the opposition, however, UCC thrashed the Clare champions by 1–17 to 1–7, giving Quirke a Munster club winners' medal.

[4] In 2008 Quirke was the goalkeeper on the Valley Rovers team that defeated Kildorrery to take the county intermediate championship title.

He made his debut against Donegal in the National Football League and was sub goalkeeper to Kevin O'Dwyer for the subsequent championship.

Both sides met again in the All-Ireland semi-final, however, after a thrilling draw and a replay Kerry were the team that advanced to the championship decider.

The Kerry team stuck to their gameplan, helped in no small part by a Cork side that recorded fourteen wides.

A defeat by Kerry in a replay of the provincial semi-final resulted in Quirke's side being exiled to the back door.

After negotiating their way through a difficult series of games, Cork defeated Dublin to qualify for their third All-Ireland final in four years.