| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Tadhg Ó hUallacháin | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Born | 9 March 1982 Adare, County Limerick, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Nickname | Hoola | ||
| Occupation | Engineer | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Adare | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Limerick titles | 5 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| University of Limerick | |||
| College titles | |||
| Fitzgibbon titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2001-2006; 2010 | Limerick | 15 (0-0) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
Timothy Houlihan (born 9 March 1982) is an Irish hurling coach and former player. At club level, he played with Adare and at inter-county level with the Limerick senior hurling team. Houlihan later served as a goalkeeping coach.
Houlihan played hurling at all grades as a student at CBS Sexton Street in Limerick. [1] He later studied at University of Limerick and was goalkeeper on the UL team that beat Waterford Institute of Technology by 2-14 to 2-11 to claim the Fitzgibbon Cup title in 2002. [2]
At club level, Houlihan first played for Adare at juvenile and underage levels. He was part of a very successful underage set-up that saw him win consecutive Limerick MHC medals in 1998 and 1999, as well as consecutive Limerick U21HC titles in 1999 and 2000. [3] [4] He progressed to the club's senior side and was involved in five Limerick SHC-winning teams between 2001 and 2009. [5] [6]
At inter-county level, Houlihan first played for Limerick as goalkeeper with the minor team in 2000. He was also drafted onto the under-21 team that year and won three successive All-Ireland U21HC medals, including one as team captain in 2001. [7] [8] [9] Houlihan made his senior team debut in 2001. [10] He made a number of appearances but left the panel after being replaced as goalkeeper by Brian Murray in 2006. [11] Houlihan made a brief return to the Limerick panel in 2010. [12]
Houlihan was goalkeeping coach as part of John Kiely's staff with the Limerick senior hurling for a number of years. [13] During his time with the team, Limerick won five All-Ireland SHC titles in a six-year period. [14]