Personal information | |||
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Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Centre-Back | ||
Born | Nenagh, County Tipperary | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Toomevara | |||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1991–1994 | Tipperary | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 2 | ||
All-Irelands | 1 | ||
NHL | 1 |
Michael O'Meara (born 4 February 1969 [1] ) is a former Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Toomevara and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team in the 1990s.
O'Meara was a non-playing substitute as Tipperary won the 1991 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship with victory against Kilkenny by 1–16 to 0–15 in the final. In 1993 he captained Tipperary to win the 1993 Munster Senior Hurling Championship after a 3–27 to 2–12 win against Clare at the Gaelic Grounds. [2] In May 1994 he picked up a winners medal as Tiperary won the 1994 National League, defeating Galway by 2–14 to 0–12 in the final. [3]
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