Ned Porter

{{Infobox GAA player

| code= Hurling

| sport = Hurling

| image =

| name = Ned Porter

| irish = Éamonn Póirtéir

| occupation = Bootmaker employee

| nickname = Ned

| county = Cork

| province = Munster

| club =

| clposition =

| clubs = Brian Dillons
Seandún
Glen Rovers
Brian Dillons

| clyears = 1931-1940
1938-1940; 1947
1941-1943
1944-1947

| clapps(points) =

| clcounty = 1

| clprovince=

| clallireland =

| counties = Cork

| icposition = Goalkeeper

| icyears = 1939-1942

| icapps(points) = 4 (0-00)

| icprovince = 1

| icallireland = 1

| nhl = 0

| clupdate =

| icupdate =

| birth_date = Edward Porter
{{Birth date|df=yes|1912|4|25}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1978|5|2|1912|4|25}}

| birth_place=Dillon's Cross, Cork, Ireland

| death_place =Dillon's Cross, Cork, Ireland

}}

Edward Porter (25 April 1912{{cite web|url=https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/f5bdb30965211?b=https%3A%2F%2Fcivilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie%2Fchurchrecords%2Fcivil-perform-search.jsp%3Fnamefm%3Dedward%26namel%3Dporter%26location%3DCork%26yyfrom%3D1912%26yyto%3D1912%26type%3DB%26submit%3DSearch%26sort%3D%26pageSize%3D100%26century%3D%26decade%3D%26exact%3D%26ddBfrom%3D%26ddMfrom%3D%26ddDfrom%3D%26ddPfrom%3D%26mmBfrom%3D%26mmMfrom%3D%26mmDfrom%3D%26mmPfrom%3D%26yyBfrom%3D%26yyMfrom%3D%26yyDfrom%3D%26yyPfrom%3D%26ddBto%3D%26ddMto%3D%26ddDto%3D%26ddPto%3D%26mmBto%3D%26mmMto%3D%26mmDto%3D%26mmPto%3D%26yyBto%3D%26yyMto%3D%26yyDto%3D%26yyPto%3D%26locationB%3D%26locationM%3D%26locationD%3D%26locationP%3D%26keywordb%3D%26keywordm%3D%26keywordd%3D%26keywordp%3D%26event%3D%26district%3DCork|title=Edward Porter|publisher=Irish Genealogy website|date=|access-date=29 June 2022|first=|last=}} – 2 May 1978) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with Brian Dillons, Glen Rovers and Seandún and was also a member of the Cork senior hurling team. Porter usually lined out as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in the Dillon's Cross area on the northside of Cork, Porter first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Brian Dillons club. By 1931 he had progressed onto the club's junior team. Porter quickly established himself as the team's first-choice goalkeeper and won three successive City JHC titles in that position between 1936 and 1938.{{cite web|url=https://briandillons.com/history/|title=Club history - 1910-present|publisher=Brian Dillons GAA website|date=|accessdate=29 June 2022}} The last of these victories was converted into a Cork JHC title after a defeat of Cloughduv in the 1938 final.{{cite web|url=https://gaacork.ie/junior-a-hc/|title=Roll of honour section|publisher=Cork GAA website|date=|accessdate=29 June 2022}}{{cite web|url=http://homepage.eircom.net/~kod/junior_a_county_hurling_finals_1.htm|title=Junior A County Hurling Finals 1925 - 1970|publisher=Cork GAA Finals website|access-date=7 March 2021}} Porter's performances for his club earned a call-up to divisional side Seandún.

Porter transferred to the nearby Glen Rovers club in 1941 and was an unused substitute on the team that beat Ballincollig in that year's senior final.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/hurling/pairc-ui-rinn-hosts-historic-county-final-as-sars-and-glen-rovers-meet-again-357932.html|title=Páirc Uí Rinn hosts historic county final as Sars and Glen Rovers meet again|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=7 October 2015|accessdate=3 November 2017|first=Jim|last=O'Sullivan}} He remained with the club for only a few seasons, lining out in the full-back line due to the dominance of Dave Creedon in goal. Porter eventually ended his club career back with the Brian Dillons club.

Inter-county career

Porter's performances at club level earned his inclusion on the Cork junior hurling team. He was an unused substitute during Cork's unsuccessful 1934 Munster JHC campaign.{{cite web|url=http://sportlomo-userupload.s3.amazonaws.com/uploaded/7/JHC%20Teams.pdf|title=Cork junior hurling teams: 1910-1996|publisher=Cork GAA website|date=|access-date=12 March 2013|first=|last=}} After a number of seasons off the team, Porter was back with the junior team as first-choice goalkeeper for the 1939 Munster JHC. AFter the Cork junior team's exit from the championship, he was immediately drafted onto the Cork senior hurling team and was an unused substitute when Cork beat Limerick in the 1939 Munster final.{{cite web|url=http://sportlomo-userupload.s3.amazonaws.com/uploaded/7/SHC%201930%20-%201939.pdf|title=Cork SHC teams: 1930-1939|publisher=Cork GAA website|date=|access-date=12 March 2013|first=|last=}} Porter was again listed amongst the substitutes for Cork's 1939 All-Ireland final defeat by Kilkenny.{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/regionals/carlowpeople/temp/scoring-hero-of-the-thunder-and-lightning-final-27035492.html|title=Scoring hero of the 'thunder and lightning' final|publisher=Carlow People|date=29 June 2010|accessdate=25 February 2013|first=|last=}}

After missing the 1940 Munster JHC, Porter was once again back with the Cork junior team for the All-Ireland series.{{cite web|url=https://munster.gaa.ie/history/jh_teams/|title=Junior hurling|publisher=Munster GAA website|date=|accessdate=25 February 2022|first=|last=}} He claimed his first national silverware when Cork beat Galway in the 1940 All-Ireland junior final. Porter replaced Jim Buttimer as first-choice goalkeeper with the senior team in advance of the 1942 Munster SHC. After claiming a Munster Championship medal on the field of play, he ended the season by winning an All-Ireland medal following Cork's defeat of Dublin in the 1942 All-Ireland final.{{cite web|url=http://sportlomo-userupload.s3.amazonaws.com/uploaded/7/SHC%201940%20-%201949.pdf|title=Cork SHC teams: 1940-1949|publisher=Cork GAA website|date=|access-date=12 March 2013|first=|last=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-40107989.html|title=The Leeside Legends series: John Quirke was a swashbuckling hurling hero|publisher=Echo Live|date=23 July 2020|access-date=12 March 2022|first=|last=}}

Death

Porter died at his residence in Dillon's Cross on 2 May 1978, aged 66.{{cite web|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA/Default.aspx#panel=document|title=Death of Ned Porter, esteemed GAA man|publisher=Evening Echo|date=3 May 1978|accessdate=29 June 2022|first=|last=}}