Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Mícheál Ó Céitinn | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Left wing-forward | ||
Born |
Ardfinnan, County Tipperary, Ireland |
17 April 1944 ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Nickname | Babs | ||
Occupation | Retired ESSO executive | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Ballybacon-Grange Ardfinnan |
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Club titles | |||
Football | Hurling | ||
Tipperary titles | 5 | 0 | |
Inter-county(ies)* | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1964-1975 | Tipperary | 27 (16-65) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 4 | ||
All-Irelands | 2 | ||
NHL | 2 | ||
All Stars | 1 | ||
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 17:01, 18 February 2015. |
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Michael "Babs" Keating (born 17 April 1944) is an Irish retired hurler and Gaelic footballer who played as a forward for the Tipperary senior teams.
Born in Ardfinnan, County Tipperary, Keating first excelled at Gaelic games during his schooling at CBS High School Clonmel. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor teams in both codes, before later joining the under-21 sides. He joined the senior football panel during the 1960 championship before being added to the senior hurling panel four years later. Keating was a regular member of the starting fifteen on both teams, and won two All-Ireland medals, four Munster medals and two National Hurling League medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.
As a member of both Munster inter-provincial teams on a number of occasions, Keating won a combined total of three Railway Cup medals. At club level he was a five-time football championship medallist with Ardfinnan. Keating played his club hurling with Ballybacon-Grange.
Throughout his career Keating made 27 championship appearances with the senior hurlers. He retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1975 championship, however, his inter-county football career lasted until the end of the 1980 championship.