Colm O'Flaherty

Colm O'Flaherty

Personal information
Irish name	Colm Ó Flatharta
Sport	Gaelic football
Born	1950 Cahir, County Tipperary, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Cahir Fr. Griffin's
Club titles
Galway titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
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.

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

• Galway Senior Football Championship (1): 1970

Selector

Tipperary

• National Hurling League (1): 1993-94
• Munster Minor Hurling Championship (1): 1993

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