Colm O'Flaherty

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Colm O'Flaherty
Personal information
Irish name Colm Ó Flatharta
Sport Gaelic football
Born 1950
Cahir, County Tipperary, Ireland
Club(s)
YearsClub
Cahir
Fr. Griffin's
Club titles
Galway titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1970-1980
Tipperary
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0
All Stars 0

Colm O'Flaherty (born 1950) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played for the Tipperary and Leitrim senior teams.

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Born in Cahir, County Tipperary, O'Flaherty first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of fifteen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor team before later joining the under-21 side. He joined the Tipperary senior panel during the 1970 championship. O'Flaherty subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen.

At club level O'Flaherty is a one-time championship medallist with Fr. Griffin's. He played the majority of his club football with Cahir.[ citation needed ]

O'Flaherty retired from inter-county football following the conclusion of the 1980 championship.[ citation needed ]

In retirement from playing O'Flaherty became involved in team management and coaching. He has served as a selector, coach and manager with the Tipperary minor, under-21 and senior teams in both Gaelic football and hurling. [1] [2]

Honours

Player

Fr. Griffin's

Selector

Tipperary

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References

  1. Foley, Cliona (18 November 1999). "All-Ireland hero Griffin in Wexford minor snub". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  2. "GAA: O'Flaherty new Tipperary football manager". RTÉ Sport. 18 November 1999. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Séamus McCarthy
Tipperary Under-21 Football Manager
1999-2000
Succeeded by
Noel Byrne
Preceded by
Colm Browne
Tipperary Senior Football Manager
1999-2000
Succeeded by
Tom McGlinchey