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| Born | 4 September 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | School deputy principal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right wing-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rory McCarthy (born 4 September 1975) is a retired Irish sportsperson. [1] He played hurling with his local club St Martin's and with the Wexford senior inter-county team. He played in the half-back line.
McCarthy first played hurling and Gaelic football to a high standard as a student at St Peter's College in Wexford. He lined out in all grades as a dual player during his time there,and was part of the team that won the Leinster Colleges SFC title after a defeat of Portarlington CBS in 1992. [2] McCarthy later studied at University of Limerick and lined out in the university's Fitzgibbon Cup team beaten by University College Cork in the 1996 final. [3]
At club level,McCarthy first played for the St Martin's club in the juvenile and underage grades before progressing to adult level. He won his first Wexford SHC title in 1999 following a 1-11 to 1-09 defeat of Rathnure in the final. [4] McCarthy added a second SHC medal to his collection in 2008 after a 1-13 to 1-08 win over Oulart–The Ballagh. [5]
McCarthy first appeared on the inter-county scene with Wexford during a two-year tenure with the minor team. He progressed to under-21 level and won a Leinster U21HC medal before facing defeat by Galway in the 1996 All-Ireland under-21 final. McCarthy made his senior team debut in 1994 and quickly became a regular member of the starting fifteen. [6] He won a Leinster SHC medal in 1996,before playing at right wing-forward when Wexford beat Limerick in the 1996 All-Ireland final. [7] McCarthy ended the season with an All-Star award.
A second Leinster SHC medal followed for McCarthy in 1997,when Wexford retained the title after a defeat of Kilkenny. [8] He claimed a third Leinster winner's medal as a substitute in 2004. [9] McCarthy retired from inter-county hurling in 2007. [10]