Quirke began a two-year association with the
Tipperary minor hurling team in advance of the
Munster final defeat of
Limerick, and again for the
All-Ireland final defeat by
Galway. Again eligible for the minor grade in
2016, Quirke won a second successive
Munster MHC medal from the substitutes' bench after a 17-point defeat of Limerick in the
Munster final. He later won an
All-Ireland medal on the field after coming on as a substitute in the 1–21 to 0–17 defeat of Limerick. After a year away from the inter-county scene, Quirke was called up to the
Tipperary under-21 hurling team for the
2018 Munster U21HC. After lining out at left wing-back in Tipperary's 2–23 to 1–13 defeat by
Cork in the
Munster final, he was in the same position when the result was reversed and Tipperary beat Cork in the subsequent
All-Ireland final. Quirke was one of 12 under-21 players called up to the
senior team's pre-season training panel in November 2018, however, he was later released from the panel. He was later recalled to the senior panel and made his first appearance in a 2–14 to 0–18 defeat by Limerick in
round 1 of the
2020 National League. Later that season, Quirke made his championship debut when he came on as a 73rd-minute substitute for
Jason Forde in an
All-Ireland qualifier defeat of
Cork. By 2022 he was a regular member of the starting fifteen and started all four games in Tipperary's
unsuccessful Munster Championship campaign. ==Death==