{"id":484822,"date":"2026-06-05T16:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T16:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/484822\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T16:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T16:51:09","slug":"cork-gaa-legend-denis-coughlan-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/484822\/","title":{"rendered":"Cork GAA legend Denis Coughlan passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Glen Rovers, St Nick\u2019s and Cork GAA legend Denis Coughlan has passed away aged 80.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In both hurling and football, Coughlan built one of Cork&#8217;s most decorated careers. In total, he won five All-Ireland medals, 12 Munster titles, and four All-Stars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Across both codes, Coughlan\u2019s peak years were densely packed with success. In hurling, he won All-Ireland medals in 1970, 1976, 1977 and 1978, anchoring Cork\u2019s famous three\u2011in\u2011a\u2011row and earning All-Star recognition in each of those seasons, along with Hurler of the Year in 1977.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In football, he captained Cork in the 1967 All-Ireland final, returned to midfield for the breakthrough 1973 All-Ireland win over Galway, and lifted a second Munster SFC medal as captain in 1974.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3053540_7_articleinlinemobile_Scan_2037_20Close_20up_20of_20Scan_2036_2c_20Denis_20beside_20Christy_.jpeg\" alt=\"Christy Ring and his Glen Rovers colleague and friend Denis Coughlan.\" title=\"Christy Ring and his Glen Rovers colleague and friend Denis Coughlan.\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Christy Ring and his Glen Rovers colleague and friend Denis Coughlan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">His club career was equally rich. With Glen Rovers, he collected five county titles, three Munster championships, and two All-Ireland club crowns. He captained the Glen to their first All-Ireland success in 1973.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">He was also a proud St Nick\u2019s man, he enjoyed senior football glory in 1965 and 1966, adding a Munster club title in 1966.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Growing up in Maddens Buildings, one of the great homes of Blackpool, he played with and against some of the greatest players that the GAA ever produced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Coughlan was a close friend of Christy Ring and Jack Lynch.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Glen Rovers, St Nick\u2019s and Cork GAA legend Denis Coughlan has passed away aged 80.\u00a0 In both hurling&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1964,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-484822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cork-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}