Joe Young

Q: How old was Joe Young when they died?

Joe Young was 89 years old at the time of death.

Joseph Young (15 November 1933 – 6 May 2023) was an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with St. Vincent's and An Chéad Cath, and also lined out as a dual player at inter-county level with various Dublin and Galway teams.

Career

Young first played Gaelic football and hurling as a schoolboy at St. Joseph's CBS in Fairview. He simultaneously progressed to adult level with the St. Vincent's club as a dual player and won Dublin SHC medals in 1954 before completing a SHC-SFC double in 1954. Young later lined out with An Chéad Cath in Galway.

Young first appeared on the inter-county scene at minor level with Dublin. He later progressed to the Dublin junior team and won an All-Ireland medal in that grade in 1952. Young spent a number of years with the Dublin senior hurling team before transferring to the Galway senior teams as a dual player. As a hurler, he suffered All-Ireland final defeats against Wexford in 1955 and Tipperary in 1958. As a Gaelic footballer, Young won six consecutive Connacht SFC medals. He also claimed an All-Ireland SFC medal in 1956.

Personal life and death

Born in Donnycarney, Young enlisted in the Defence Forces as a member of 27 Cadet Class and was commissioned into the Infantry Corps in 1954. He spent his early years with An Chéad Cath in Galway, before later serving in a variety of appointments throughout the Defence Forces.

Young died on 6 May 2023, at the age of 89.