Ned Cregan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Éamonn Ó Criagáin | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left wing-forward | ||
| Born | 1901 Monagea, County Limerick, Ireland |
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| Died | August 1972 Limerick, Ireland |
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| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1919-1936 | Newcastle West | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Limerick titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1928-1936 | Limerick | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 3 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NHL | 2 | ||
Edmond "Ned" Cregan (1901 – August 1972) was an Irish retired hurler who played as a left wing-forward for the Limerick senior team.
Cregan joined the team during the 1928 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement prior to the start of the 1936 championship. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal, three Munster medals and two National Hurling League medals. Cregan was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.
At club level Cregan enjoyed a lengthy career with Newcastle West.
Cregan's son, Éamonn, was an All-Ireland medallist with Limerick in 1973. His other sons, Mickey and Conor, also played with Limerick.
Cregan played his club hurling with Newcastle West and enjoyed some success during a career that spanned three decades.
His activities during the War of Independence impacted on his club hurling career, however, he won a number of West Limerick championship medals during the club's most successful period.
Cregan first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Limerick junior hurling team in 1927. It was a successful year for the team as a 4-4 to 2-2 defeat of Clare in the decider gave him a Munster medal. Limerick were later defeated by Meath in the "home" All-Ireland final.
The following year Cregan made his debut in the senior ranks with Limerick. The team had gone into decline since last winning the provincial crown in 1923 as Cork dominated the southern province in the late twenties.
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