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| Born | 1960 (age 65–66) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Carpenter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left wing-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mark Corrigan (born 1960) is an Irish former hurler. At club level,he played for Kinnitty and at inter-county level with the Offaly senior hurling team.
At club level,Corrigan first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Kinnitty club,before progressing to adult level. [1] He won consecutive Offaly SHC medals in 1978 and 1979,following respective defeats of St Rynagh's and Coolderry. [2] Corrigan later won three consecutive Offaly SHC medals between 1983 and 1985. [3]
At inter-county level,Corrigan first played for Offaly during a two-year tenure with the minor team. He later spent four consecutive years with the under-21 team and won a Leinster U21HC medal in 1978. [4] Corrigan made his senior team debut in a National Hurling League game against Tipperary in November 1979.
Corrigan was part of the Offaly team that beat Kilkenny to win their inaugural Leinster SHC title in 1980. [5] He claimed a second consecutive Leinster SHC title the following year,before lining out at wing-back in Offaly's 2–12 to 0–15 win over Galway in the 1981 All-Ireland SHC final. [6] He ended the season with an All-Star. [7] Corrigan won another consective set of Leinster SHC medals in 1984 and 1985. He won a second All-Ireland SHC medal in 1985 following Offaly's 2–11 to 1–12 win over Galway. [8]
Corrigan won a further three consecutive Leinster SHC medals between 1988 and 1990. He was the top scorer in Leinster's victory over Connacht in the 1988 Railway Cup final. [9] Corrigan played his 97th and final game for Offaly in their 2–06 to 0–10 win over Wexford to claim the National Hurling League title in May 1991. [10]