Miah Norberg

Miah Norberg

Personal information
Irish name	Diarmuid Norberg
Sport	Hurling
Position	Quarter-back
Born	(1870-09-20)20 September 1870 Ballintemple,Cork,Ireland
Died	28 March 1935(1935-03-28)(aged 64) Ballinlough,Cork,Ireland
Nickname	Miah
Occupation	Market gardener
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Blackrock
Club titles
Cork titles	6
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1892-1897	Cork	11
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	2
All-Irelands	3

James Jeremiah "Miah" Norberg(20 September 1870 – 28 March 1935) was an Irishhurler.His career included back-to-backAll-Ireland Championshipvictories with theCork senior hurling team.

Playing career

Blackrock

Norberg joined theBlackrocksenior team at a time when the club dominated hurling inCork.He claimed his first silverware in1891when the club defeatedinniscarraby 4–04 to no score to win theCork County Championship.After the defeat at the hands ofRedmondsin the1892 final,Norberg won a second county title in1893when Blackrock avenged the previous year's defeat with a 2–05 to 1–01 victory over Redmonds. It was the first of three successive championship titles, with defeats ofBlarneyin1894andBallyheain1895bringing his championship medal tally to four from five successive final appearances.After a one-year absence, Blackrock were back in the1897 final,with Norberg winning a fifth championship medal after a 5–08 to no score defeat ofAghada.He ended his career by collecting a sixth championship winners' medal after Blackrock's 2–09 to 0–20 win overCarrigtwohillin the1898 final.

Cork

Having played no part in the1892 Munster Championship,Norberg earned inclusion on theCork senior hurling teamin advance of the delayed1892 All-Ireland finalagainstDublin.He ended the game with his firstwinners' medalafter the 2–03 to 1–05 victory. Norberg added aMunster Championshipmedal to his collection after Cork's 5–03 to no score win overLimerickin the1893 Munster final.He was again included on the team for the1893 All-Ireland final,ending the game with a second successive winners' medal after the 6–08 to 0–02 victory overKilkenny.Norberg won a second Munster Championship title in1894after Cork secured a third successive championship following a 3–04 to 1–02 win overTipperary.He was selected as a quarter-back partner toWillie John O'Connellfor the1894 All-Ireland finalagainst Dublin, ending the game by becoming one of the first players to win three successive All-Ireland medals after the 5–20 to 2–00 victory. Four-in-a-row eluded Norberg after Cork withdrew in protest from the1895 All-Ireland Championship,however, he was again included on the Cork team that lost back-to-back Munster final defeats to Tipperary in1896and Limerick in1897.

Personal life and death

Norberg was born inBallintemple,Cork,the eldest of three children of James and Mary (née Cleary). His father, a native ofSweden,was amaster marinerwho had settled in Cork. After a brief education, Norberg spent his entire working life as a market gardener. He married Margaret Kearney (1886-1964) inInnishannonin November 1908. They lived in a house inBallinlough,Cork and had four children. Norberg's grandson,Frank Norberg,captainedCork during the1972 All-Ireland Championship.

On 28 March 1935, Norberg died aged 64 at theCounty Homein Cork after suffering heart and kidney failure the previous day.

Honours

Blackrock

• Cork Senior Hurling Championship(6):1891,1893,1894,1895,1897,1898

Cork

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship(3):1892,1893,1894
• Munster Senior Hurling Championship(2):1893,1894

Sources

• Corry, Eoghan,The GAA Book of Lists(Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
• Cronin, Jim,A Rebel Hundred: Cork's 100 All-Ireland Titles.
• Donegan, Des,The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games(DBA Publications Limited, 2005).