Michael Maher (hurler)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Mícheál Ó Meachair | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Full-back | ||
| Born | 1930 Holycross, County Tipperary, Ireland |
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| Died | 8 March 2017 (aged 87) Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Occupation | Agricultural officer | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Holycross-Ballycahill | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Tipperary titles | 3 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1951-1966 | Tipperary | 30 (0-00) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 6 | ||
| All-Irelands | 5 | ||
| NHL | 8 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 17:34, 9 March 2017. | |||
Michael Maher (1930 – 8 March 2017) was an Irish hurler and Gaelic games administrator. His league and championship career with the Tipperary senior team spanned fifteen seasons from 1951 to 1966.
Born in Holycross, County Tipperary, Maher was born into a strong hurling family. His uncle, Mikey Maher, was a five-time All-Ireland medal winner with Tipperary between 1895 and 1900, while his cousin, Sonny Maher, won three successive All-Ireland medals between 1949 and 1951.
Maher played competitive hurling during his secondary education at Thurles CBS. He later joined the Holycross-Ballycahill team, winning his first senior county championship medal as an eighteen-year-old in 1948. Maher added two more championship medals to his collection in 1951 and 1954.
Maher made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he was selected for the Tipperary minor team. He enjoyed two championship seasons with the minor team, winning an All-Ireland medal in his debut season in 1947. He made his senior debut during the 1951-52 league. Over the course of the next fifteen seasons, Maher won five All-Ireland medals, beginning with a lone triumph in 1958, back-to-back championships in 1961 and 1962 and another two championships in-a-row in 1964 and 1965. He also won six Munster medals and eight National Hurling League medals. He played his last game for Tipperary in June 1966.
After being chosen on the Munster inter-provincial team for the first time in 1958, Maher was an automatic choice on the starting fifteen for the following few years. During that time he won four Railway Cup medals.
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