Willie Considine
{{Use Irish English|date=August 2020}}
{{short description|Irish hurler (1885–1959)}}
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William Considine (29 July 1885 – 11 September 1959) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with Ennis Dalcassians, and also lined out at inter-county level with the Clare senior hurling team.
Career
Considine first played hurling in his local area with the Ennis Dalcassians club. During a successful period for the club, he was part of the Clare SHC-winning teams in 1911, 1914 and 1915. His other club honours include three Clare SFC medals. By that stage, Considine was already playing for the Clare senior hurling team, having made his debut in 1904. He won a Munster SHC medal in 1914, before later lining out at corner-back in Clare's defeat of Laois in the 1914 All-Ireland final.{{cite news|url=https://munster.gaa.ie/history/senior-hurling/|title=Senior hurling|publisher=Munster GAA website|access-date=16 April 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gaa.ie/centenary/all-ireland-winners/1914-gaa-hurling-champions/photo|title=Clare (Quin) 1914 Hurling All-Ireland Champions|publisher=GAA website|date=|access-date=16 July 2023|first=|last=}} McGrath continued to play for Clare until 1916.
Personal life and death
Considine's younger brothers, Tull and Brendan, also played inter-county hurling.{{cite web|url=https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/people/considine_brothers.htm|title=Considine Brothers|publisher=Clare Library|date=|access-date=16 July 2023|first=|last=}} He was a close friend of Éamon de Valera, was a canvasser in the 1917 East Clare by-election campaign before later playing a role with the Irish Republican Army during the War of Independence.{{cite web|url=https://finbarrconnollycom.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/willie-considine-1914.jpg|title=Willie Considine|publisher=Finbarr J. Connolly website|date=|accessdate=10 October 2018|first=|last=}}
Considine died on 11 September 1959, at the age of 74.{{cite web|url=https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/edb9a81996889?b=https%3A%2F%2Fcivilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie%2Fchurchrecords%2Fcivil-perform-search.jsp%3Fnamefm%3Dwilliam%26namel%3Dconsidine%26location%3DEnnis%26yyfrom%3D1959%26yyto%3D1959%26type%3DD%26submit%3DSearch|title=Death of WILLIAM CONSIDINE in 1959|publisher=Irish Genealogy website|date=|access-date=15 July 2023|first=|last=}}
Honours
References
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Category:Ennis Dalcassians hurlers