{{Short description|Term used in Ireland to describe a person competing in multiple sports}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=August 2022}} '''Dual player'''<ref>The History of the Gaelic Athletic Association in Canada John O'Flynn, Ainsley Baldwin - 2008 "Mike's hurling was Frank Rafter and a notable member, Liam Cotter, a dual player, who helped to write the constitution for the Toronto GAA."</ref> or '''dual star'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.joe.ie/uncategorized/sean-og-to-be-given-freedom-of-cork-city/23673 |access-date=2 December 2016|title=Seán Óg to be given freedom of Cork city |date=27 Apr 2011 |quote=The 33-year old dual star, who won three All-Ireland hurling titles and ... Taoiseach and fellow dual star Jack Lynch, athlete Sonia O'Sullivan|website=JOE.ie}}</ref> is a term used in Hiberno-English to describe someone who competes in multiple sports — for example, in Victorian Ireland, cricket and hurling.<ref>''Sport and society in Victorian Ireland: the case of Westmeath'' Page 157 Tom Hunt - 2007 "The dual player was also common in Kilkenny cricket and hurling circles. ... In 1887 the Kells GAA club played a cricket match against Gaulstown of Tullaroan"</ref> The term today in Gaelic games typically describes a male player who plays both Gaelic football and hurling or, if a female player, a player of ladies' Gaelic football and camogie. The player does not necessarily have to play at the same standard in both sports. The number of dual stars at county level has decreased recently due to the increasing demands placed upon the best players of both sports.
==List of dual players with All-Ireland titles== {|align=top class="wikitable" !Name !Team(s) !All-Ireland SHC titles !All-Ireland SFC titles |- | Kerins, Alan || Galway || — || 2001 |- | Barry-Murphy, Jimmy<ref>''Irish Almanac and Yearbook of Facts 1997'' Page 298 Pat McArt, Donal Campbell - 1997 "GAA Barry-Murphy, Jimmy: (born Cork, 1954). Outstanding dual player who won six All-Ireland medals, one in football (1973) and five in hurling (between 1976 and 1986). His other achievements are almost as breathtaking, two All-Ireland.."</ref>|| Cork || 1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1986 || 1973 |- | Beckett, Derry || Cork || 1942 || 1945 |- | Blaney, Greg || Down<br /> || — || 1991, 1994 |- | Burke, Frank || Dublin || 1917, 1920 || 1921, 1922, 1923 |- | Cadogan, Eoin || Cork || — || 2010 |- | Collins, Podge || Clare || 2013 || — |- | Collins, Seán || Clare || 2013 || — |- | Coughlan, Denis || Cork || 1976, 1977, 1978 || 1973 |- | Cregan, Éamonn || Limerick || 1973 || — |- | Cummins, Brendan || Tipperary || 2001, 2010 || — |- | Cummins, Ray<ref>Declan Hassett ''Passing through'' Page 148 2004 "I saw Jack Lynch play at the very end of his career but cannot now recall those games too clearly. For many, Jack would be the greatest dual player of all time. For me, the greatest dualist remains Ray Cummins."</ref> || Cork || 1970, 1976, 1977, 1978||1973 |- | Currams, Liam || Offaly || 1981 || 1982 |- | Ferguson, Des || Dublin || —|| 1958, 1963 |- | Foley, Lar || Dublin || —|| 1958, 1963 |- | Grace, Pierce || Dublin<br />Kilkenny || 1911, 1912, 1913 || 1906, 1907 |- | Lynch, Jack || Cork || 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946 || 1945 |- | Mackessy, Billy || Cork || 1903 || 1911 |- | McCarthy, Teddy || Cork || 1986, 1990 || 1989, 1990 |- | Mackey, Paddy || Wexford || 1910 || 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918 |- | Markham, Liam || Clare || 2013 || — |- | McGrath, Leonard || Galway || 1923 || 1925 |- | McInerney, Cathal || Clare || 2013 || — |- | Murphy, Brian || Cork || 1976, 1977, 1978 || 1973 |- | Ó hAilpín, Seán Óg<ref>Irish Examiner -2 nov. 2012 "O hAilpin retires from inter-county hurling - "O hAilpin was a talismanic player for Cork throughout his 16-year career, starting-out as a dual player before focusing on his hurling career"</ref>|| Cork || 1999, 2004, 2005 || — |- | O'Halloran, Davy || Clare || 2013 || — |- | O'Kennedy, Seán || Wexford || 1910 || 1915, 1916, 1917 |- | O'Neill, Alan || Clare || 2013 || — |- | Spain, W. J. || Dublin<br />Limerick || 1887 || 1889 |- | Walsh, Aidan || Cork || — || 2010 |- | Walsh, Denis || Cork || 1986, 1990 || 1989, 1990 |-
| Wilson, Marcus || Dublin || — || 1958 |}
In 1990, Teddy McCarthy of Cork became the first player to win both a football ''and'' a hurling All-Ireland in the same year. This unique achievement remains intact as of {{CURRENTYEAR}}.
Ex-Taoiseach Jack Lynch won one football and five hurling All-Irelands with Cork during the 1940s.
==List of dual players with All Stars in both codes== A few players have won All Star Awards in both codes. These include: * Jimmy Barry-Murphy * Ray Cummins * Liam Currams * Brian Murphy
Ray Cummins has uniquely won an All Star Award in both hurling and Gaelic football in the same year, 1971.
==Ladies' Gaelic football/camogie== {{excerpt|List of Ladies' Gaelic footballers#Ladies' Gaelic football to camogie}}
==Dual county== Dual county is a similar term for counties that have teams that play at the same level in both football and hurling.
==Dual manager== The definition of a dual manager is Anthony Cunningham.<ref>{{cite news|first=Martin|last=Breheny|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/martin-breheny-cunningham-leaves-cody-frying-pan-only-to-land-into-gavin-fire-38329570.html|title='Cunningham leaves Cody frying pan only to land into Gavin fire'|newspaper=Irish Independent|date=20 July 2019|quote=Perhaps, but Cunningham has already achieved more as a dual manager than anyone else, having steered the Galway hurlers to a Leinster title and Roscommon's footballers to Connacht success.}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Dual players Category:Gaelic games terminology Category:Lists of Gaelic football players Category:Lists of hurling players Category:Dual camogie–football players