During his schooling at the North Monastery, McGuckin established himself as a key member of the senior hurling team In 1985 he won a Harty Cup medal following a 5-6 to 1-7 defeat of Saint Flannan"s College. On 19 May 1985 the North Mon faced Saint Brendan"s Community School in the All-Ireland decider, having drawn a week earlier.
A 4-11 to 1-5 victory gave McGuckin a coveted All-Ireland medal.
Born in Ballyvolane,, McGuckin first excelled at hurling during his schooling at the. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the minor team before later joining the under-21 side. He made his senior hurling debut during the 1990 championship.
At club level McGuckin is a one-time championship medallist with.
Throughout his career McGuckin made 8 championship appearances. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1996 championship.
College Club After losing the 1988 championship decider to Saint Finbarr"s, the Glen qualified for the final again in 1989. A high-scoring 4-15 to 3-13 defeat of Sarsfields gave McGuckin a coveted championship medal.
Inter-county He scored a point from left wing-back in "s 1-12 to 1-8 Munster semi-final defeat of Limerick.
A subsequent 1-13 to 1-8 defeat of Tipperary secured a Munster medal for McGuckin. Wexford provided the opposition in the subsequent All-Ireland decider on 1 September 1985. A 3-10 to 0-12 victory gave McGuckin a coveted All-Ireland medal.
McGuckin made his senior championship debut as captain of the team on 20 May 1990 in a 3-17 to 3-7 Munster quarter-final defeat of Kerry.
The subsequent All-Ireland final on 2 September 1990 pitted against Galway for the second time in four years. Galway were once again the red-hot favourites and justified this tag by going seven points ahead in the opening thirty-five minutes thanks to a masterful display by Joe Cooney. fought back with an equally expert display by newly restored captain Tomás Mulcahy.
The game was effectively decided on an incident which occurred midway through the second half when goalkeeper Ger Cunningham blocked a point-blank shot from Martin Naughton with his nose. The umpires gave no 65-metre free, even though he clearly deflected it out wide.
The victory gave McGuckin a coveted All-Ireland medal.
North Monastery Croke Cup (1): 1985 Harty Cup (1): 1985 Glen Rovers Cork Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1989 Cork All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1986, 1990 Munster Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1990-1992 Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): All Ireland Under 21 Hurling Championship (1) All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship (1): 1985 Munster Minor Hurling Championship (1): 1985.
During his schooling at the North Monastery, McGuckin established himself as a key member of the senior hurling team McGuckin first played for Cork as a member of the minor team on 15 May 1985. By 1988 McGuckin was a key member of the Cork under-21 team
