Aidan Somers
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| Native name | Aodán Ó Somacháin (Irish) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1945 (age 80–81) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Farmer Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right corner-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aidan Somers (born 1945) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right corner-back for the Wexford senior team.[1]
Born in Rathnure, County Wexford, Somers first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Wexford minor team, before later joining the under-21 side.[2] He joined the senior panel during the 1970 championship and played for just one season. Somers won one Leinster medal on the field of play.
At club level Somers is a three-time Leinster medallist with Rathnure. In addition to this he also won eight championship medals.
Honours
Team
- Rathnure
- Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship (3): 1971, 1973, 1977
- Wexford Senior Club Hurling Championship (8): 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1980
- Wexford
- Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1970
- All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 1965
- Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship (2): 1965, 1966
References
- ^ "Aidan Somers". Hurling Stats website. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ^ "Memories return of sole U-21 win". Wexford People. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2014.