Jer Collison

Jer "Darby" Collison
Personal information
Irish name	Diarmuid Mac Coilligh
Sport	Hurling
Born	1890 Moneygall, County Offaly, Ireland
Nickname	Darby
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Nenagh Éire Óg Moneygall Toomevara
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1915-1919	Tipperary
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	2
All-Irelands	1

Jeremiah "Darby" Collison (1890 – ?) was an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer who played for the Tipperary senior teams.

Collison made his first appearance for the team during the 1915 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen at various times until his retirement after the 1919 championship. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal and two Munster medals.^[1]^[2]

At club level Collison enjoyed a lengthy career with Nenagh Éire Óg, Moneygall and Toomevara.

References

↑ "Tipperary GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
↑ "Senior Hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 26 April 2012.

Tipperary - 1916 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (9th title)

A. O'Donnell T. Dwan J. Doherty J. Power T. Shanahan J. Collison J. Fitzpatrick J. Leahy (Capt.) H. Shelly W. O'Dwyer J. Murphy P. Leahy D. Walsh W. O'Dwyer D. Walsh

Reference: Tipperary GAA Archives Database searchable by team, year and/or player name.

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