{{short description|Irish hurler (1894–1918)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Use Irish English|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox GAA player | code= Hurling | sport = Hurling | image = | name = Jim Guerin | irish = Séamus Ó Géaráin | fullname = | feet = | inches = | nickname= | occupation = Labourer | county = Clare | province = Munster | club = Newmarket-on-Fergus<br>Ballycar | cposition = | clubs = | clyears = 1912-1916<br>1916-1918 | clapps(points) = | clcounty = 2 | clprovince= | clallireland = | counties = Clare | icposition = Left wing-forward | icyears = 1914-1918 | icapps(points) = 5 | icprovince = 0 | icallireland = 1 | nhl = | allstars = | clupdate = | icupdate = 21:08, 1 May 2014 | birth_date= 20 October 1894 | death_date= 16 December 1918 (aged 24) | birth_place=Ballycar, County Clare, Ireland | death_place=Ballycar, County Clare, Ireland }} '''James Guerin''' (20 October 1894 – 16 December 1918) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with Newmarket-on-Fergus and Ballycar, and also lined out at inter-county level with the Clare senior hurling team.
==Career==
Guerin first played hurling in his local area with the Newmarket-on-Fergus club. He was part of the Newmarket team that succeeded in winning their very first Clare SHC title in 1912. He claimed a second winners' medal in 1916, before transferring to the newly-established Ballycar club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nofgaa.com/2016/06/30/jim-guerin/|title=Jim Guerin|publisher=Newmarket-on-Fergus GAA website|date=30 June 2016|access-date=16 July 2023|first=|last=}}</ref> Guerin's performances at club level quickly earned him a call-up to the Clare senior hurling team. After missing Clare's successful Munster SHC campaign in 1914, he was a late addition to the team for the subsequent 1914 All-Ireland final against Laois. Guerin scored three goals in the 5-01 to 1-00 victory.<ref>{{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=|archive-date=16 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716134357/https://www.gaa.ie/centenary/all-ireland-winners/1914-gaa-hurling-champions/photo|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://clarechampion.ie/the-memory-lives-100-years-on/|title=The memory lives 100 years on|date=9 March 2014|publisher=The Clare Champion|accessdate=11 February 2021|first=|last=}}</ref> His last game for Clare was a defeat by Limerick in the 1918 Munster final.
==Death==
Guerin died on 16 December 1918 as a result of the 1918 flu pandemic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-30988339.html|title=Global pandemic claimed the life of an All-Ireland hero a century ago|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=16 March 2020|access-date=16 July 2023|first=Joe|last=Ó Muircheartaigh}}</ref>
==Honours==
;Newmarket-on-Fergus *Clare Senior Hurling Championship: 1912, 1916
;Clare *All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: 1914 *Munster Senior Hurling Championship: 1914
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