Dan Lane

Dan Lane

Personal information
Irish name	Dónall Ó Laighin
Sport	Hurling
Position	Forward
Born	1861 Coachford, County Cork, Ireland
Occupation	Labourer and farmer
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Aghabullogue
Club titles
Cork titles	1
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1890	Cork	2
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	1
All-Irelands	1
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 15:27, 1 July 2014.

Daniel "Dan" Lane (born 1861) was an Irish hurler who played as a forward for the Cork senior team.

Born in Coachford, County Cork, Lane first excelled at hurling in his youth, prior to the establishment of the Gaelic Athletic Association. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-nine when his club team represented Cork. In his sole season with Cork, Lane won one All-Ireland medal and one Munster medal.^[1]

At club level Lane was a one-time championship medallist with Aghabulloge.

Playing career

Club

Lane played his hurling with his local club in Aghabullogue and enjoyed some success. He won a county senior championship title in 1890 following a 7-3 to 1-1 defeat of Aghada. It remains Aghabullogue's only senior county final victory.

Inter-county

Lane first came to prominence on the inter-county scene with Cork as part of the Aghabullogue selection in 1890. That year he lined out in his first provincial decider with Kerry providing the opposition. The game was far from exciting, however, at full-time Cork were the champions by 2-0 to 0-1.^[2] It was Lane's first Munster title. Cork's next game was an All-Ireland final meeting with Wexford. The game was a controversial one and was marred by ill-tempered behaviour. A Cork player had his toe broken by one of his Wexford counterparts. As captain, Lane led his men off the field in protest. At the time Cork were trailing by 2-2 to 1-6, however, the GAA's Central Council later backed Cork and Lane collected a coveted All-Ireland title. It was his only season with Cork.

Honours

Aghabullogue

• Cork Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1890 (c)

Cork

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1890 (c)
• Munster Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1890 (c)

Sources

• Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
• Cronin, Jim, A Rebel Hundred: Cork's 100 All-Ireland Titles.
• Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).

References

1. "Cork Hurling Profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
2. "Senior Hurling - Munster Final Winning Teams (1887-2007)". Munster GAA. Archived from the original on July 19, 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-11.