Tom O'Hare

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Tom O'Hare
Personal information
Irish name Tomás Ó hEithir
Sport Gaelic football
Position Left corner-back
Born Mayobridge, County Down
Club(s)
YearsClub
1950s-1980s
Mayobridge
Club titles
Down titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1960s-1970s
Down
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 5
All-Irelands 1
NFL 1

Tom O'Hare (born 1943 in Mayobridge, County Down) is a former Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local clubs Mayobridge and Clonduff and was a member of the Down senior inter-county team from the 1960s until the 1970s. O'Hare won an All-Ireland winners' medal with Down in 1968, scoring two points from 45s. He is currently a trustee and president of his club Mayobridge. [1] O'Hare was named on Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh's team of his life, which was published in the Sunday Independent .[ citation needed ]

Tom married Eileen Kelly from neighbouring Clonduff and they had 6 children Cathy Padraig John Thomas Bridgeen and Joseph.

References

  1. "Profile of Tom O'Hare". www.hoganstand.com. 22 October 1993. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Down Senior Football Captain
1970
Succeeded by