Anthony Cunningham
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Antaine Ó Cuinneagáin | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Right wing-forward | ||
| Born |
16 June 1965 Peterswell, County Galway, Ireland |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Occupation | Engineer | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| St. Thomas' | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Galway titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1984-1993 | Galway | 15 (3-19) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
| NHL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 21:40, 4 September 2015. | |||
Anthony Cunningham (born 16 June 1965) is a former Irish hurling manager and former player. He had been the manager of the Galway senior team from 2011 to 2015.
Born in Peterswell, County Galway, Cunningham was raised in a hurling stronghold in the south of the county. He was a two-time Connacht medallist at colleges level with Our Lady's College while simultaneously joining the St. Thomas' senior club team.
Cunningham made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of fifteen when he first linked up with the Galway minor team. An All-Ireland-winning captain in this grade, he later captained Galway to an All-Ireland title with the under-21 team. Cunningham joined the senior panel during the 1983-84 league. He went on to play a key role for Galway in attack during a hugely successful era, and won two All-Ireland medals and one National Hurling League medal. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on four occasions.
As a member of the Connacht inter-provincial team, Cunningham won four Railway Cup medals between 1986 and 1991. Throughout his inter-county career he made 15 championship appearances. Cunningham retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1993 championship.
Equally adept as a coach of both hurling and Gaelic football, Cunningham's first position as manager of the Roscommon senior hurling team was an unsuccessful one. In 2006 he took charge of the St. Brigid's football team, guiding them to back-to-back championship titles. Cunningham later guided Garrycastle to an All-Ireland appearance having already secured a Leinster title and three successive championship titles.
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