Early Life
Brian Corcoran was born in Caherlag, Glounthaune, County Cork in 1973. He was educated at the local primary school, Midleton CBS and Cork Regional Technical College where he qualified with an honours degree in Computer Applications. He currently works as an IT Manager. In his youth Corcoran showed a natural talent as an all-round sportsman. Naturally he played hurling and Gaelic football with his local club, however, he also played soccer with Leeside F.C. as well as being an accomplished snooker player, golfer and attained a black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do. Corcoran's talent at Gaelic games quickly reaped rewards, and he won a number of East Cork under-12 and under-14 honours in both codes. It was during his tenure at Midleton CBS, however, that his flair for hurling really developed. In 1987 he captained the school hurling side to victory in the Rice Cup, before joining the Cork under-14 hurling team for the Tony Forrestal tournament. More success came in 1988 when Corcoran made the school's Harty Cup team and made it all the way to the final before being beaten by St. Kieran's College from Kilkenny.
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