Dinny O'Meara

Irish hurler

Dinny O'Meara
Personal information
Irish name Donncha Ó Meachair
Sport Hurling
Position Full-back
Born 1952
Cloughjordan,
County Tipperary, Ireland
Nickname Beaker
Occupation Heating contractor
Club(s)
Years Club
Kilruane MacDonaghs
Club titles
Tipperary titles 4
Munster titles 1
All-Ireland Titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1979-1986
Tipperary 0 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
All Stars 0

Denis O'Meara (born 1952[1]) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Kilruane MacDonaghs and was also a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team.

Career

O'Meara first played Gaelic football and hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Kilruane MacDonaghs club.[2] He captained the club's under-21 team to their inaugural Tipperary U21AHC title in 1973 and later won a Tipperary SFC title in 1975.[3] After winning three successive Tipperary SHC titles from 1977 to 1979, O'Meara secured a fourth winners' medal in 1985. He was at full-back on the Kilruane MacDonaghs team that won the All-Ireland Club Championship title in 1986.[4][5]

At inter-county level, O'Meara was a member of the Tipperary under-21 hurling team in his final year of eligibility in 1973. He first played with the senior team during their successful 1978-79 National League campaign. O'Meara was also included on Tipperary's championship panels in 1979 and 1986.[6] Sheppard was a non-playing substitute when Tipperary beat Cork in the 1987 Munster final replay.

Honours

Kilruane MacDonaghs
Tipperary

References

  1. ^ "Co. Tipperary Senior Hurling Final match programme 1985" (PDF). Tipperary Studies website. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  2. ^ "The proud and rich tradition of Kilruane MacDonaghs". Tipp FM website. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Kilruane MacDonaghs All-Ireland Profiles". Kilruane MacDonaghs GAA website. 23 March 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Senior Hurling (Club)". Munster GAA website. 7 June 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Kilruane". New Ross Standard. 20 March 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Tipperary teams: 1980-1989". Premier View website. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

External links

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Kilruane MacDonaghs – 1986 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Champions (1st title)
Subs used
16 S. Hennessy for E. Hogan
Subs not used
17 M. Hogan
18 N. Darcy
19 P. Mulcahy
20 J. Darcy
21 S. Williams
22 J. Burns
23 J. Quinlan
24 T. Killacky
25 D. Quinlan
26 E. Kirby
Coach
L. Gaynor