Ger Harris

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Ger Harris
Personal information
Irish name Gearóid Ó hEarchaí
Sport Hurling
Position Centre-back
Born (1975-01-05) 5 January 1975 (age 50)
Portlaw,
County Waterford, Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Occupation Quality manager[ citation needed ]
Club(s)
YearsClub
Portlaw
Mount Sion
Club titles
Waterford titles 2
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1993-1999
Waterford
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
All Stars 0

Ger Harris (born 5 January 1975) is an Irish former hurler. At club level, he played for Portlaw and Mount Sion and at inter-county level with the Waterford senior hurling team.

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Career

Harris played hurling at all grades during his time in secondary school at De La Salle College in Waterford. He won a Munster Colleges U15AHC medal in 1990, following a 5–04 to 2–05 win over North Monastery in the final. [1] At club level, Harris began his career with Portlaw before later lining out with Mount Sion. He won waterford SHC medals after defeats of Ballyduff Upper in 1998 and Ballygunner in 2000. [2]

At inter-county level, Harris first played for Waterford at minor level. He was part of the Waterford team beaten by Galway in the 1992 All-Ireland minor final. [3] Harris progressed to the under-21 team and claimed a Munster U21HC title in 1994. [4] He later spent a number of seasons with the senior team. [5]

Post-playing career

Harris has served as secretary with the Waterford senior team under Derek McGrath, Davy Fitzgerald and Peter Queally. [6]

Honours

De La Salle College
Mount Sion
Waterford

References

  1. "Fabulous win for De La Salle". Munster Express. 25 May 1990. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  2. Dickinson, Matt (4 September 2000). "Browne leads his Mount back to top". Irish Independent. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  3. "Minor hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  4. "Under 20 hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  5. "Better marshalled Cork had the measure of Waterford". Munster Express. 27 March 1998. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  6. ""It's paramount that we get promotion"". Waterford News & Star. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2025.