Mikey Maher
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Mícheál Ó Meagher | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Centre-forward | ||
| Born | 1870 Tubberadora, County Tipperary, Ireland |
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| Died | 1947 Galbally, County Limerick, Ireland |
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| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Nickname | Big Mikey | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Tubberadora | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Tipperary titles | 3 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1895-1904 | Tipperary | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 5 | ||
| All-Irelands | 5 | ||
Michael "Mikey" Maher (1870–1947) was an Irish hurler who played as a centre-forward for the Tipperary senior team.
Born in Tubberadora, County Tipperary, Maher first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-five when he made his senior debut in the 1895 championship. Maher went on to play a key part for Tipperary in what was a hugely successful era, and won five All-Ireland medals and five Munster medals. Maher was the first player to captain a team to All-Ireland success on three occasions.
At club level Maher won three championship medals with Tubberadora.
Maher's retirement came following the conclusion of the 1904 championship.
Mikey Maher was born in Tubberadora, County Tipperary in 1870. He was educated at the local national school and later worked on the family farm.
Maher was the second eldest in a family of four boys, all of whom had a great interest in the game of hurling. Maher’s older brother, Jack, won two All-Ireland medals in the 1890s. Two of Maher’s nephews, Sonny Maher and Michael Maher, won All-Ireland medals with Tipperary in the 1950s and 1960s.
In retirement from hurling Maher returned to working on the family farm. In 1918 he moved to a farm in Galbally, County Limerick where he spent the rest of his life.
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