Seoirse Bulfin

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Seoirse Bulfin
Personal information
Irish name Seoirse Bulfin
Sport Hurling
Position Goalkeeper
Born 1979
Bruff,
County Limerick, Ireland
Occupation GAA development officer
Club(s)
YearsClub
1997–2017
Bruff
Club titles
Limerick titles 0
Colleges(s)
YearsCollege
1998–1999
1999–2003
University of Limerick
Mary Immaculate College
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles 0
Inter-county management
YearsTeam
2011
2011–2016
2016–2021
2021–2022
2022–2024
Waterford (coach)
Clare (coach)
Wexford (coach)
Meath (coach)
Meath (manager)
Inter-county titles
CountyLeagueProvinceAll-Ireland
Clare
Wexford
1
0
0
1
1
0

Seoirse Bulfin (born 1979) is an Irish hurling manager and former player. He has had a close association as a coach with Davy Fitzgerald with a number of inter-county teams. [1]

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Playing career

Bulfin first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Bruff club. He eventually progressed onto the club's adult teams with whom he had a 20-year association before his retirement in 2017. As a student at Mary Immaculate College, Bulfin lined out for the college's senior team in the Fitzgibbon Cup and captained the team in his final year in 2003. [2] At inter-county level, he was goalkeeper on the Limerick minor hurling team during the 1997 Munster MHC campaign. [3]

Coaching career

Buflin's coaching career began after being appointed GAA development officer at Limerick Institute of Technology in 2003. It was here that he began his close association with Davy Fitzgerald and he was part of the LIT management team for the Fitzgibbon Cup successes in 2005 and 2007. Bulfin joined Fitzgerald as coach to the Waterford senior hurling team in 2011 before later taking up the coaching role with the Clare senior hurling team. During his five-year tenure Clare won a first National Hurling League title in 38 years as well as the All-Ireland SHC title in 2013. [4] The Fitzgerald-Bulfin combination later brought a Leinster SHC title to Wexford in 2019. He was appointed manager of the Meath senior hurling team in August 2022, having spent the previous year as team coach. [5]

Honours

Limerick Institute of Technology
Ballyagran
Clare
Wexford

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References

  1. "'The first day I met him was in the LIT canteen 15 years ago and I was going, 'Jesus, I'm here with Davy Fitz". The 42. 17 November 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. "The Kieran Shannon Interview: Seoirse Bulfin on riding shotgun to Davy Fitz". Irish Examiner. 27 July 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  3. "'I get a lot of stick on the line, nasty stuff. I've got anonymous letters too'". Irish Independent. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  4. "'Maybe it won't feel as different when we get into it' - Seoirse Bulfin on why Wexford are raring to go". Irish Independent. 31 October 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  5. "Davy Fitzgerald's former right-hand man Seoirse Bulfin to take over as Meath hurling manager". Irish Independent. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.