Denis Maher

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Denis Maher
Personal information
Irish name Denis Ó Meachair
Sport Hurling
Position Right Half Forward
Born (1991-07-09) 9 July 1991 (age 31)
Thurles, Ireland
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Club(s)
YearsClub
2008-
Thurles Sarsfields
Club titles
Tipperary titles 6
Munster titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (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.

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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]

Honours

Thurles Sarsfields

Tipperary

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References

  1. "Maher ends Treaty defence". Munster GAA. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  2. "Maher on the double as Tipp crush Banner". Irish Independent. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  3. "Treaty's late surge finally sees off Tipp". Irish Examiner. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.