Death
Coughlan's life ended in unhappy circumstances. He was badly affected by a training ground incident when, while preparing for a Cork match, he accidentally hit another great player while both were pulling on a dropping ball. The blow from the hurley proved fatal and Coughlan never recovered from this. He died in July 1903.
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