David Quirke (born 11 July 1970) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a centre-back for the Cork senior team.
He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team before later joining the under-21 side.
Quirke first played for Cork as a member of the minor team on 19 May 1987 in a 2-14 t0 2-9 Munster semi-final defeat of Clare.
Quirke made his senior championship debut for Cork on 20 May 1990 in a 3-17 to 3-7 Munster quarter-final defeat of Kerry.
The subsequent All-Ireland final on 2 September 1990 pitted Cork against Galway for the second time in four years, however, Quirke was unlucky to be dropped from the starting fifteen.
Galway were once again the red-hot favourites and justified this tag by going seven points ahead in the opening thirty-five minutes thanks to a masterful display by Joe Cooney.
The game was effectively decided on an incident which occurred midway through the second half when Cork goalkeeper Ger Cunningham blocked a point-blank shot from Martin Naughton with his nose.
[1] In spite of starting the game on the bench Quirke was introduced as a substitute and won an All-Ireland medal on the field of play.