Michael O'Meara

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Michael O'Meara
Personal information
Sport Hurling
Position Centre-Back
Born Nenagh, County Tipperary
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Club(s)
YearsClub
Toomevara
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
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.

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Career

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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References

  1. "The cream of the Premier". Kilkenny People. 30 August 1991. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  2. "Munster Final Winning Teams". munster,gaa.ie. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  3. "1994 National Hurling League, Division 1 Final". gaainful.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
Preceded by Tipperary Senior Hurling Captain
1993
Succeeded by