Niall O'Meara

Niall O'Meara
Personal information
Sport Hurling
Position Left Half Forward
Born (1992-12-16) 16 December 1992
Clonmel, Ireland
Club(s)
Years Club
2009- Kilruane MacDonagh's
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
2014- Tipperary 4 (0-5)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 2
All-Irelands 1

Niall O'Meara (born 16 December 1992) is an Irish hurler who plays for the Tipperary senior team and also for his local club Kilruane MacDonagh's. O'Meara was first called into the Tipperary Senior hurling panel in 2014.[1] O'Meara played minor hurling for Tipperary in 2010 and under-21 hurling in 2012 and 2013 where he was also captain.[2]

O'Meara made his championship debut for Tipperary on 1 June 2014 in the Munster Championship against Limerick, starting in the half forward line where he scored a point in a 2-18 to 2-16 defeat.[3]

On 4 September 2016, O'Meara came on as a second half substitute and won his first All-Ireland Senior hurling title when Tipperary defeated Kilkenny in the final by 2-29 to 2-20.[4][5]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "O'Meara a Premier concern for final". Irish Independent. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Corbett to miss out again for Tipperary with O'Meara an injury doubt before league final". The Score. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Treaty's late surge finally sees off Tipp". Irish Examiner. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Tipperary 2-29 Kilkenny 2-20". Munster GAA. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Analysis: How Tipperary finally overcame Kilkenny to claim All-Ireland senior hurling glory". The 42. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
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