He played hurling with his local club St Finbarr's and was a member at senior level of the Cork county team from 1893 until 1894.
[citation needed] Young first came to prominence on the inter-county scene with Cork as part of the Blackrock selection in 1893.
After someone had neglected to get the grass cut at Ashtown, both teams moved to the Phoenix Park where the game took place.
An easy 3–4 to 1–2 defeat of Tipperary in the provincial decider gave him a Munster winners' title.
[2] For the second time in three years Dublin provided the opposition in the subsequent All-Ireland final.