Christy Moorehouse

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Christy Moorehouse
Personal information
Irish name Criostóir Ó Mórdha
Sport Hurling
Position Full-forward
Born 1988
Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
Occupation Traveller Group worker
Club(s)
YearsClub
Bray Emmets
Club titles
Wicklow titles 7
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2007-2021
Wicklow
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0

Christy Moorehouse (born 1988) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with Bray Emmets and is a former member of the Wicklow senior hurling team.

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Career

Moorehouse first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Bray Emmets club. [1] He progressed to the club's senior team and has since won seven Wicklow SHC titles. [2] Moorehouse was also captain of the team that won the Leinster ICHC title in 2022. [3]

Moorehouse made his first appearance for the Wicklow senior hurling team in 2007. He was a regular member of the team for much of the following 15 seasons, during which time he won a National League Division 2B title in 2014. [4]

Honours

Bray Emmets
Wicklow

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References

  1. "Minor hurlers lose out to St. Patrick's". Irish Independent. 2 September 2004. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  2. "Moorehouse leads the way as Bray Emmets make it four in a row in Wicklow". RTÉ Sport. 1 October 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. "Moorehouse fires Bray Emmets to Leinster glory". Hogan Stand. 10 December 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. "Jubilant Wicklow clinch Division 2B hurling title". Irish Examiner. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2022.