Patrick Maher (hurler)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Pádraig Ó Meachair | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Centre Forward | ||
| Born |
12 October 1989 Clonmel, Ireland |
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| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Nickname | Bonnar | ||
| Occupation | Army Officer | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 2007- | Lorrha-Dorrha | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 2009- | Tipperary | 32 (4-17) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 5 | ||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 2 | ||
Patrick "Bonnar" Maher (born 12 October 1989) is an Irish hurler who currently plays as a centre-forward for the Tipperary senior team.
Maher joined the team straight out of the minor grade during the 2009 championship, however, he didn't become a regular member of the starting fifteen until the following year. Since then he has won two All-Ireland winners' medals (2010 & 2016) and five Munster winners' medals (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015 & 2016). He has ended up as an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions (2011 & 2014). Maher also picked up his first and only All-Star for his role in getting Tipperary to the All-Ireland final in 2014.
At club level Maher is a one-time county intermediate championship medallist with Lorrha-Dorrha. The men from Lower Ormund defeated Moycarkey-Borris from Mid Tipperary in the 2007 County Final on a scoreline of 1-11 to 0-11. Lorrha defeated Ballina in the North Tipperary final en route to the County final that year on a scoreline of 3-9 to 1-13. Maher - who was still only a minor that year - scored a late goal which put Lorrha in a winning position.
Maher first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Tipperary minor team in 2007. He won a Munster medal in this grade that year following an 0-18 to 1-11 defeat of Cork. Tipp subsequently defeated Kilkenny to qualify for the All-Ireland final. Cork, the defeated Munster finalists, provided the opposition and a high-scoring game developed over the course of the hour. At the full-time whistle Tipp were the champions by 3-14 to 2-11 and Maher added an All-Ireland medal to his collection.
Maher subsequently graduated onto the Tipperary under-21 hurling team. In 2010 Tipp defeated Clare in the provincial decider by 1-22 to 1-17, giving Maher his second Munster under-21 winners' medal having previously won one in 2008 at wing half forward . Tipp subsequently qualified for an All-Ireland meeting with Galway, which Tipperary won by 5-21 to 0-11. It was Maher's first All-Ireland under-21 winners' medal.
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