Luke Meade

Luke Meade

Personal information
Irish name	Lúcás Miach
Sport	Hurling
Position	Midfield
Born	(1996-10-29) 29 October 1996 (age 28) Newcestown, County Cork, Ireland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Occupation	Primary school teacher
Club(s)*
Years	Club	Apps (scores)
2013–present	Newcestown	11 (1–33)
Club titles
Cork titles	0
Colleges(s)
Years	College
2015–2019	Mary Immaculate College
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles	1
Inter-county(ies)**
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2015–present	Cork	37 (1–19)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	2
All-Irelands	0
NHL	0
All Stars	0
* club appearances and scores correct as of 11:02, 5 August 2019. **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 21:52, 7 July 2024.

Luke Meade (born 29 October 1996) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with Newcestown and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a midfielder.

Early life

Born and raised in Newcestown, County Cork, Meade played hurling with the school team at Hamilton High School in Bandon. ^[1] He progressed through the various age grades and was part of the school's senior team that beat Midleton CBS to win the Dr O'Callaghan Cup title in 2014. He also played numerous games for the school in the Harty Cup. ^[2]

Meade later studied at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick and was added to their Fitzgibbon Cup panel in 2016. His debut season ended with a winners' medal after a 3–24 to 1–19 defeat of the Institute of Technology, Carlow in the final. ^[3] Meade was also part of the Mary I team beaten by University College Cork in the 2019 final. ^[4]

Club career

Meade began his club career at juvenile and underage levels with the Newcestown club. He was part of the club's under-21 team that claimed three successive West Cork U21AHC titles between 2013 and 2015. ^{[5] [6]}

By that stage Meade had already joined Newcestown's top adult team. He had his first success in October 2015 when Newcestown beat Valley Rovers by 1–23 to 0–08 to claim the Cork PIHC title. ^[7] He was also part of the Newcestown team beaten by Wolfe Tones na Sionna in the subsequent Munster final. ^[8]

In October 2023, Meade won a Cork SAHC title after a 3–17 to 0–24 defeat of Blarney in the final replay. ^[9]

Inter-county career

Meade first played for Cork as a member of the minor team and scored 2–04 in his debut against Kerry in April 2014. ^[10] He later spent three seasons with the under-21 team but ended his underage career with a two-point defeat by Limerick in the 2017 Munster U21 final after an injury-ravaged season. ^{[11] [12]}

Meade had just turned 18 and was still in secondary school when he was approached to join the Cork senior hurling team in January 2015. He was selected at left corner-forward in a challenge game against Limerick and scored a hat-trick of goals in a 6–13 to 2–18 victory. ^[13] Later that year he was added to Cork's intermediate team and won a Munster IHC medal following a 0–20 to 0–18 defeat of Limerick in the final. ^[14] Cork lost the 2015 All-Ireland IHC final to Galway, with Meade being introduced as a second-half substitute in the 0–23 to 0–14 defeat. ^[15]

After making several appearances during the 2016 Munster League, Meade was a member of the extended training panel for the subsequent National League and All-Ireland SHC campaigns. He became a regular member of the starting fifteen during Cork's 2017 National League campaign and made his Munster SHC debut in May 2017 in a 2–27 to 1–26 quarter-final defeat of Tipperary. ^[16] Meade subsequently claimed a provincial winners' medal following Cork's 1–25 to 1–20 defeat of Clare in the 2017 Munster final. ^[17]

Meade collected a second consecutive provincial winners' medal in July 2018 after scoring 1–01 from play in a 2–24 to 3–19 defeat of Clare in the 2018 Munster final. ^[18] In August 2021, he lined out at midfield when Cork suffered a 3–32 to 1–22 defeat by Limerick in the 2021 All-Ireland final. ^[19]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 October 2023.

Team	Year	Cork PIHC		Munster		All-Ireland		Total
		Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score
Newcestown	2013	2	0-01	—		—		2	0-01
	2014	5	0-08	—		—		5	0-08
	2015	5	2–14	2	0-01	—		7	2–15
	Total	12	2–23	2	0-01	—		14	2–24
	Year	Cork SHC		Munster		All-Ireland		Total
		Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score
	2016	2	0-05	—		—		2	0-05
	2017	4	1–13	—		—		4	1–13
	2018	3	0-08	—		—		3	0-08
	2019	2	0-07	—		—		2	0-07
	Total	11	1–33	—		—		11	1–33
	Year	Cork SAHC		Munster		All-Ireland		Total
		Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score
	2020	5	0-05	—		—		5	0-05
	2021	5	1-08	—		—		5	1-08
	2022	3	0-07	—		—		3	0-07
	2023	7	0-01	—		—		7	0-01
	Total	20	1–21	—		—		20	1–21
Career total		43	4–77	2	0-01	—		45	4–78

Inter-county

As of 7 July 2024.

Team	Year	National League			Munster		All-Ireland		Total
		Division	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score
Cork	2015	Division 1A	0	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00
	2016		0	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00
	2017		6	2-07	3	0-04	1	0-00	10	2–11
	2018		6	0-04	5	1-02	1	0-01	12	1-07
	2019		5	0-03	4	0-03	1	0-00	10	0-06
	2020		4	0-02	1	0-00	2	0-01	7	0-03
	2021		5	1-03	1	0-00	4	0-02	10	1-05
	2022		4	1-02	3	0-01	2	0-01	9	1-04
	2023		4	0-01	4	0-02	—		8	0-03
	2024		5	0-03	3	0-01	2	0-01	10	0-05
Career total			39	4–25	24	1–13	13	0-06	76	5–44

Honours

Hamilton High School

• Dr O'Callaghan Cup: 2014

Mary Immaculate College

• Fitzgibbon Cup: 2017

Newcestown

• Cork Senior A Hurling Championship: 2023
• Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship: 2015
• West Cork Under-21 A Hurling Championship: 2013, 2014, 2015

Cork

• Munster Senior Hurling Championship: 2017, 2018
• Munster Senior Hurling League: 2017
• Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship: 2015

References

1. O'Brien, Brendan (24 May 2017). "Luke Meade living Cork dream since Jimmy Barry-Murphy's call-up from school". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
2. "Cahalane Hamilton hero". Irish Independent. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
3. Fallon, John (25 February 2017). "Mary I retain Fitzgibbon Cup with dominant final display as excellent Cian Lynch claims Man of the Match". Irish Independent. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
4. O'Callaghan, Therese (23 February 2019). "UCC claim double with emphatic win over Mary I". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
5. "Newcestown find goal touch to storm home". Irish Examiner. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
6. "Newcestown U21 hurlers to compete in new county championship this season". The Southern Star. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
7. Hurley, Denis (12 October 2015). "Five-star Newcestown's glorious day". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
8. Hurley, Denis (12 October 2015). "Wolfe Tones deliver Intermediate title in style". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
9. Cormican, Eoghan (28 October 2023). "Newcestown hold off Blarney in replay to clinch Senior A title". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
10. O'Callaghan, Therese (10 April 2014). "Cork power on but serious tests await". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
11. "Luke Meade to miss Cork's Munster U21 hurling semi-final with a broken thumb". The 42. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
12. "Limerick beat Cork to earn second Munster U21 hurling title in three years". Irish Examiner. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
13. Hurley, Denis (5 January 2015). "Meade hat-trick in Cork's new year warm-up". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
14. Cormican, Eoghan (9 July 2015). "Third-quarter blitz secures title for Cork". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
15. Barry, Stephen (8 August 2015). "Galway trounce Cork to win All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling title". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
16. Fogarty, John (22 May 2017). "Young Cork Rebels seize the day". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
17. "Cork victorious over Clare in Munster hurling final". Irish Examiner. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
18. Clerkin, Malachy (1 July 2018). "Cork quietly collect another Munster title as Clare crumble". Irish Times. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
19. Fogarty, John (22 August 2021). "Will record-breaking All-Ireland victory over Cork be Limerick's high water mark? Don't bet on it". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

External links

• Luke Meade profile at the Cork GAA website