[2][3] Quinlivan's father, Martin, played for Tipperary and Clonmel Commercials as a goalkeeper during the 1990s, as well as in the League of Ireland with Waterford United.
[4] On 15 November 2015, Clonmel Commercials reached their first Munster Senior Club Championship final since 1994 after a 1–13 to 0–3 win against Milltown Malbay in the semi-final.
His fourth goal, a low finish to the top of the stand from the left came in injury time as Tipperary clinched promotion to Division 2 with a 3–8 to 0–16 win.
[25][26] On 8 April 2017, Quanlivan was man of the match as Tipperary defeated Louth 3–19 to 0–19 in the Division 3 final at Croke Park.
On 22 November 2020, Tipperary won the 2020 Munster Senior Football Championship after a 0–17 to 0–14 win against Cork in the final, with Quinlivan scoring 0-05 (0-04 from play).