Tipperary hurler Dillon Quirke, 24, died after collapsing during a county senior championship game on Friday.
Quirke was carried off the field at Semple Stadium in Thurles just before halftime.
After the match stopped, medical personnel transported the emerging intercounty star to Tipperary University Hospital in Clonmel, where he later died.
A spokesman for Tipperary GAA confirmed that Quirke had died on Friday evening.
Irish President Michael D Higgins described Quirke’s death as an “inestimable loss not only to his family and friends but to his entire community to which he was making such a contribution.”
Age 24, super fit. Died suddenly 😢 https://t.co/AzEB6uZ5KK
— ABabySeagull (@ABabySeagull) August 6, 2022
Tipperary Hurler Dillon Quirke, Dead at 24 after Collapsing Mid-Game…
Stretched off the field at Semple Stadium just before half time…
Irish president…
