Din Joe Buckley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | D. S. Ó Buachalla | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left corner-back | ||
| Born |
30 June 1919 Blackpool, Cork, Ireland |
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| Died | 8 October 2009 (aged 90) Cork, Ireland |
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| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1938–1949 | Glen Rovers / St. Nicholas's | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 8 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1940–1949 | Cork | 27 (0–3) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 4 | ||
| All-Irelands | 5 | ||
| NHL | 2 | ||
Denis Joseph "Din Joe" Buckley (30 June 1919 – 8 October 2009) was an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-back for the Cork senior team.
Buckley made his first appearance for the team during the 1940 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1949 championship. During that time he won five All-Ireland medal, four Munster medals and two National League medals. Buckley was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
At club level Buckley was an eight-time county club championship medalist with Glen Rovers.
His brother Connie was an All-Ireland-winning captain and another brother, Jack, was an All-Ireland medalist as a non-playing substitute in 1942.
Buckley played his club hurling with the famous Glen Rovers and enjoyed much success during a golden age for the club.
In 1938 he joined the club's senior team as Glen Rovers set out to make history by besting Blackrock's twenty-five-year-old championship record of successive titles. Midleton stood in the way of a fifth successive championship title, however, a comprehensive 5–6 o 1–3 score line secured the victory and gave Buckley his first championship.
The success continued once again the following year as Glen Rovers faced Blackrock in their first championship decider meeting in almost a decade. A 5–4 to 2–5 win for the Glen gave Buckley a second successive championship medal.
Sarsfield's stood in the way of Glen Rovers securing a seventh successive championship in 1940. In one of the most high-scoring county finals of all-time, Buckley won his third championship medal following a 10–6 to 7–5 defeat of Sars.
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