Jimmy Smiddy

{{Infobox GAA player

| code= Hurling

| sport = Hurling

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| name = Jimmy Smiddy

| irish = Séamus Smidí

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| birth_date = 1974

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| occupation = Garda Síochána{{cite web|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-40128749.html|title=Community gardaí in Cork supporting most vulnerable during pandemic|publisher=Echo Live|date=23 April 2020|accessdate=11 December 2021|first=|last=}}

| county = Cork

| province = Munster

| club = Castlemartyr
→ Imokilly

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| clyears = 1991-2015
1993-2005

| clapps(points) =
28 (5-94)

| clcounty = 2

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| colleges = Garda College

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| fitz = 0

| counties = Cork

| icposition = Right corner-forward

| icyears = 1996

| icapps(points) = 0 (0-00)

| icprovince = 0

| icallireland = 0

| nhl = 0

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| birth_place=Castlemartyr, County Cork, Ireland

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James Smiddy (born 1974) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Castlemartyr and divisional side Imokilly and at inter-county level was a member of the Cork senior hurling team. Smiddy usually lined out as a forward.

Career

Smiddy first played hurling and Gaelic football at juvenile and underage levels with the Castlemartyr club. He also played in various competitions as a schoolboy with Midleton CBS, including the Harty Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-40163244.html|title=Brian Corcoran's brilliance at U14 helped establish the mystique of the Imokilly division|publisher=Echo Live|date=13 October 2018|accessdate=11 December 2021|first=|last=}} Smiddy spent 25 years as a player at adult level with Castlemartyr and won several divisional titles as a dual player before winning a Cork JAHC title in 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/hurling/50-years-of-heartbreak-over-for-comeback-kings-castlemartyr-294123.html|title=50 years of heartbreak over for comeback kings Castlemartyr|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=27 October 2014|accessdate=11 December 2017|first=|last=|archive-date=12 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212142200/http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/hurling/50-years-of-heartbreak-over-for-comeback-kings-castlemartyr-294123.html|url-status=dead}} He also earned selection with the Imokilly divisional team and won consecutive Cork SHC titles in 1997 and 1998.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/o-leary-guiding-light-1.113222|title=O'Leary guiding light|publisher=Irish Times|date=6 October 1997|access-date=9 August 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/imokilly-repeat-success-1.209970|title=Imokilly repeat success|publisher=Irish Times|date=2 November 1998|access-date=9 August 2016}}

Smiddy first appeared on the inter-county scene as a dual player at minor level. After winning a Munster MFC title, he later won a Munster U21HC title while also lining out with the under-21 football team.{{cite web|url=https://munster.gaa.ie/history/minor-football/|title=Minor football|publisher=Munster GAA website|date=|access-date=9 August 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://munster.gaa.ie/history/u21h_teams/|title=Under 21 hurling|publisher=Munster GAA website|date=|access-date=9 August 2021|archive-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419103646/http://munster.gaa.ie/history/u21h_teams/|url-status=dead}} Smiddy was part of the Cork junior hurling team that won the Munster JHC title in 1996, the same year he made a number of appearances for the Cork senior hurling team in various tournament and pre-season games.{{cite web|url=https://munster.gaa.ie/history/jh_teams/|title=Junior hurling|publisher=Munster GAA website|date=|access-date=9 August 2021}} He was part of the Cork intermediate hurling team that beat Galway in the 1997 All-Ireland intermediate final.{{cite web|url=https://munster.gaa.ie/history/intermediate-hurling/|title=Intermediate hurling|publisher=Munster GAA website|date=|access-date=9 August 2021}}