Joseph Twomey (born 1931) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a midfielder for the Cork senior team.
He developed his skills at the North Monastery, however, his tenure at the school coincided with a fallow period in terms of success.
Twomey was added to the Glen Rovers senior panel in 1950 as the club were attempting to secure a third successive championship.
The Glen backs gave one of the finest displays of defensive hurling ever seen in the championship and kept the southsiders tally for the first half to 0-4.
The 2-8 to 0-5 victory secured a third successive championship title for the club and a first winners' medal for Twomey who was introduced as a substitute.
In spite of watching the game from the stands he still collected a fourth championship medal having played in the earlier rounds.
The 3-8 to 1-12 victory gave Twomey his sixth championship medal, while he also had the honour of lifting the Seán Óg Murphy Cup.
Trailing by 2-5 to 0-5 at the break, Liam Dowling scored a vital second-half goal to leave Cork just a point in arrears.
Paddy Kennedy responded with two goals at the end to narrow Cork's margin of victory to 2-10 to 2-7, with Twomey collecting a National Hurling League medal.
After a slow start, which allowed Galway take an early lead, Cork regrouped and were 2-1 to 0-3 ahead at half-time after goals from Josie Hartnett and Christy Ring.
Described as the toughest game of hurling ever played, Cork enjoyed most of the possession in the first half, however, Tipperary led by a goal at the interval thanks to the accuracy of Jimmy Doyle.
They stretched their lead to five points in the final quarter, however, a last-minute Cork goal left the result in doubt once again.