Dual player[1] or dual star[2] is a term used in Hiberno-English to describe someone who competes in multiple sports — for example, in Victorian Ireland, cricket and hurling.
The number of dual stars at county level has decreased recently due to the increasing demands placed upon the best players of both sports.
In 1990, Teddy McCarthy of Cork became the first player to win both a football and a hurling All-Ireland in the same year.
Ex-Taoiseach Jack Lynch won one football and five hurling All-Irelands with Cork during the 1940s.
These include: Ray Cummins has uniquely won an All Star Award in both hurling and Gaelic football in the same year, 1971.