Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Denis Ó Meachair | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Right Half Forward | ||
Born | Thurles, Ireland | 9 July 1991||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
2008- | Thurles Sarsfields | ||
Club titles | |||
Tipperary titles | 7 | ||
Munster titles | 1 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2014- | Tipperary | 7 (0-3) |
Denis Maher (born 9 July 1991) is an Irish hurler. He plays hurling with his local club Thurles Sarsfields and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team since 2014.
He played Minor Hurling for Tipperary in 2008 and 2009 and was a member of the Under-21 team in 2010, 2011 and 2012 winning a Munster and all Ireland final in 2010. [1]
In February 2014, Maher scored 2–2 against Clare in the 2014 Waterford Crystal Cup final as Tipperary won by 14 points. [2]
Maher made his championship debut for Tipperary on 1 June 2014 in the Munster Championship against Limerick, coming on in the 62nd minute and scoring a point in a 2–18 to 2–16 defeat. [3]
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