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Jim O'Regan

James O'Regan (14 December 1901 – October 1982) was an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer who played as centre-back for the Cork and Dublin senior teams, as well as the Offaly junior team.

Born near Kinsale, County Cork, O'Regan first played competitive Gaelic games during his studies at the De La Salla College in Waterford. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-three when he first linked up with the Offaly junior team. He made his senior debut for Dublin during the 1925 championship before becoming a dual player with Cork's senior teams the following year. O'Regan immediately became a regular in the inter-county scene and won four All-Ireland medals, four Munster medals and two National Hurling League medals as well as a Munster football medal.

As a member of the Munster inter-provincial teams on a number of occasions, O'Regan won several Railway Cup medals as a dual player. At club level, he played with various club teams such as Kinsale, Garda and Courcey Rovers.

Throughout his career O'Regan made a combined total of 47 championship appearances for Cork. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1935 championship.

In retirement from playing O'Regan became involved in team management and coaching. After serving as trainer with Courcey Rovers and St Vincent's, he trained the Cork senior hurlers to All-Ireland success in 1966.

O'Regan has been named as Center-Back on the Cork Hurling team of the Millennium/century.[citation needed]

O’Regan initially played his club hurling with his local club in Kinsale. After moving to Dublin he joined the Garda club and won a Dublin Senior county title in the 1920s.

O’Regan first came to prominence on the inter-county scene with Cork in 1926. That year Cork won the inaugural National Hurling League competition, giving O'Regan his first major hurling title. Later that year Cork played Tipperary in the Munster final, but it took three games for the two sides to be separated. Cork won on the third occasion with O'Regan collecting his first Munster Senior Hurling Championship medal. The subsequent All-Ireland final pitted Cork against Kilkenny at a snow-covered Croke Park in October of that year. O'Regan's side took the lead at half-time and held on to win by 4–6 to 2–0. It was Cork's first championship title since 1919 and O'Regan's first All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship medal.

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