Ken McGrath
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Cionnaith Mac Craith | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Centre Back | ||
| Born |
20 February 1978 Waterford, Ireland |
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| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Nickname | Mac | ||
| Occupation | Coffee Business | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1995– | Mount Sion | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Waterford titles | 6 | ||
| Munster titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1996–2011 | Waterford | 51 (1–93) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 4 | ||
| NHL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 3 | ||
Ken McGrath (born 20 February 1978) is an Irish hurler and current hurling selector who played as a centre-back for the Waterford senior team. He joined the team in 1996 and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement in 2011.
Son of former hurler Pat and older brother of former player Eoin, McGrath was a stalwart on the Waterford team for more than a decade. He has won four Munster winners' medals, one National League winners' medal and three All-Star awards. He ended up as an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
At club level McGrath is a Munster medalist with Mount Sion. In addition to this he has also won six county club championship medals.
McGrath is currently a selector with the Waterford senior hurling management team.
McGrath plays his club hurling with the Mount Sion club in Waterford city and has enjoyed much success.
In 1998 McGrath won his first county club championship medal following a 3–19 to 0–10 trouncing of Ballyduff Upper.
After surrendering their title to Ballygunner in 1999, Mount Sion were back the following year to exact revenge. A 1–20 to 0–9 defeat of Ballygunner gave McGrath a second county championship medal.
Mount Sion surrendered their club title in 2001, however, McGrath's side were back in the final again in 2002. A 1–19 to 2–14 defeat of Ballygunner secured the championship once again. It was the first of three county final victories in-a-row over Ballygunner.
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