Aidan Somers

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Aidan Somers
Personal information
Irish name	Aodán Ó Somacháin
Sport	Hurling
Position	Right corner-back
Born	1945 Rathnure, County Wexford, Ireland
Occupation	Farmer Retired
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Rathnure
Club titles
Wexford titles	8
Leinster titles	3
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1970	Wexford	1 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	1
All-Irelands	0
NHL	0
All Stars	0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 17:48, 8 July 2014.

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.^{[citation needed]}

At club level Somers is a three-time Leinster medallist with Rathnure. In addition to this he also won eight championship medals.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

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Team

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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

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^ "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.

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v t e Rathnure – 1972 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship runners-up
1 M. Foley 2 Jim Quigley 3 A. Somers 4 M. Mooney 5 J. O'Connor 6 T. O'Connor 7 John Quigley 8 M. Byrne 9 J. Mooney 10 J. Higgins 11 M. Quigley 12 J. Murphy 13 P. Flynn 14 J. English 15 D. Quigley Sub used S. Barron for P. Flynn

v t e Rathnure – 1974 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship runners-up
1 M. Foley 2 P. Quigley 3 Jim Quigley 4 M. Mooney 5 J. O'Connor 6 T. O'Connor 7 S. Murphy 8 M. Quigley 9 J. Higgins 10 P. Flynn 11 J. Murphy 12 M. Byrne 13 John Quigley 14 A. Somers 15 D. Quigley Sub used J. Mooney for J. Higgins

v t e Rathnure – 1978 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship runners-up
1 M. Foley 2 A. Somers 3 D. Quigley 4 T. O'Connor 5 J. O'Connor 6 M. Codd 7 S. Murphy 8 J. Conran 9 J. Houlihan 10 D. O'Connor 11 M. Quigley 12 J. Murphy 13 P. Flynn 14 J. Quigley 15 P. Quigley Sub used L. Byrne for P. Quigley

v t e Wexford – 1965 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Champions (1st title)
1 M. Jacob 2 W. O'Neill (c) 3 D. Quigley 4 A. Somers 5 V. Staples 6 M. Kinsella 7 W. Murphy 8 E. Ryan 9 J. Doran 10 C. Dowdall 11 P. Quigley 12 S. Barron 13 T. Maher 14 T. Doran 15 J. Berry Sub used C. Jacob for S. Barron Subs not used É. Furlong B. Doyle P. Roche W. Bierney L. Griffin

Wexford – 1966 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship runners-up

Sub used: M. Gardiner

Played in first game: J. Murphy; T. Murphy

Sub used in first game: B. Ronan for T. Murphy

Played in second game: P. O'Brien; B. Ronan

Subs used in second game: N. Rochford for B. Ronan; B. Ronan for N. Rochford

Wexford – 1970 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

Subs used: 19 T. Byrne for M. Butler; 26 J. Russell for T. Neville

Subs not used: 17 P. Nolan (New Ross); 18 A. Somers; 20 C. Kehoe; 21 D. Fortune; 22 E. Murphy; 23 P. Sinnott; 24 E. Cousins; 25 L. Bennett

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