Michael 'Babs' Keating
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| Irish name | Mícheál Ó Céitinn | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left wing-forward | ||
| Born |
17 April 1944 Ardfinnan, County Tipperary, Ireland |
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| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Nickname | Babs | ||
| Occupation | Retired ESSO executive | ||
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| Years | Club | ||
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Ballybacon-Grange Ardfinnan |
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| 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 played competitive 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.
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