Philip Shanahan (hurler)

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Philip Shanahan
Personal information
Irish name Pilib Ó Seancháin
Sport Hurling
Position Left wing-back
Born 1974
Toomevara,
County Tipperary, Ireland
Club(s)
YearsClub
 Toomevara
Club titles
Tipperary titles 8
Munster titles 2
All-Ireland Titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1994
 Tipperary
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 1
All Stars 0

Philip Shanahan (born 1992 [1] ) is an Irish former hurler. At club level, he played with Toomevara and also lined out at inter-county level with various Tipperary teams.

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Career

At club level, Shanahan first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with Toomevara, winning numerous championship titles from under-12 up to under-21 level. He progressed to senior level and was part of the Toomevera team that won three successive Tipperary SHC medals from 1992 to 1994. [2] Shanahan also claimed a Munster Club SHC title before later losing the 1994 All-Ireland Club SHC final to Sarsfields. [3] [4]

Shanahan captained Toomevara to the Tipperary SHC title in 1998. His club career subsequently saw him win a further four Tipperary SHC titles in five seasons between 2000 and 2004. Shanahan ended his club career by winning a second Munster Club SHC medal after a one-point defeat of Mount Sion in 1994. [5]

At inter-county level, Shanahan first appeared for Tipperary during a two-year tenure with the minor team. He won a Munster MHC medal before appearing in a defeat by Kilkenny in the 1991 All-Ireland MHC final. [6] Shanahan later spent three seasons with the under-21 team and ended his underage career with an All-Ireland U21HC medal after a defeat of Kilkenny in the final. [7] He was also part of the senior team during their National Hurling League-winning campaign in 1994.

Personal life

His uncle, Phil Shanahan, won three All-Ireland SHC medals with Tipperary, while his father, Tom Shanahan, also lined out with Tipperary. [8]

Honours

Toomevara
Tipperary

References

  1. ↑ "Co. Tipperary Sneior Hurling final match programme 1992" (PDF). Tipperary Studies. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "3 in a Row after a 32 Year Gap". Séamus J. King website. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "In the last 11 finals between 1992 and 2002, Toomevara and Thurles Sarsfield have competed in nine of them. Toomevara were in eight winning seven while Sarsfields have appeared in four finals finishing runners up in all". Irish Independent. 11 October 2003. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Sunday is Toome day". Irish Independent. 3 December 2006. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "Toom' rally with storming finish on McGrath's day of mixed emotions". Irish Independent. 22 November 2004. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Minor hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "Under-21 hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Former Tipperary and Dublin hurler Phil Shanahan dies". Irish Examiner. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
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