Tommy McCarthy (hurler)
| Personal information | |||
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| Irish name | Tomás Mac Cárthaigh | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Full-back | ||
| Born | 1906 Kilfinane, County Limerick, Ireland |
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| Died | June 1968 (aged 62) New York City, United States |
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| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
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Kilfinane Fedamore |
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| Club titles | |||
| Limerick titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1927-1938 | Limerick | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 4 | ||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
| NHL | 4 | ||
Thomas "Tommy" McCarthy (1906 – June 1968) was an Irish hurler who played as a centre-forward for the Limerick senior team.
Born in Kilfinane, County Limerick, McCarthy first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-one when he first linked up with the Limerick senior team. He made his debut in the 1927-28 Thomond Feis. McCarthy went on to play a key part for Limerick during a golden age for the team, and won two All-Ireland medals, four Munster medals and four National Hurling League medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.
McCarthy represented the Munster inter-provincial team at various times during his career, winning three Railway Cup medals. At club level he won fifteen championship medals with Ahane.
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