Cecil Curran

{{Short description|Irish Lawn bowls player}}

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Cecil Curran was an Irish Lawn bowls international who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games.{{cite book|last=Bolsover|first=Godfrey|title=Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls|year=1959|publisher=Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn)}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/48564|title=Athletes and Results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}

Bowls career

At the 1934 British Empire Games he won the silver medal in the rinks (fours) event with Charlie Clawson, George Watson and Percy Watson.{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/bowls.htm|title=COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS|publisher=GRB Athletics}}{{cite web|url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/2740|title=Profile|publisher=Bowls Tawa}}{{cite book|last=Hawkes/Lindley|first=Ken/Gerard|title=the Encyclopaedia of Bowls|year=1974|publisher=Robert Hale and Company|isbn=0-7091-3658-7}}

He bowled for the Shaftesbury Bowls Club in Belfast and was twice National pairs champion with Charlie Clawson in 1932 and 1939.

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