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Séamus McCarthy

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Séamus McCarthy
Personal information
Irish name Séamus Mac Cárthaigh
Sport Gaelic football
Born 1954
Bansha, County Tipperary, Ireland
Club(s)
Years Club
Galtee Rovers
Club titles
Tipperary titles 3
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1974–1982
Tipperary
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0
All Stars 0

Séamus McCarthy (born 1954) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played at senior level for the Tipperary county team.

Born in Bansha, County Tipperary, McCarthy first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor team in 1972 before later joining the under-21 side in 1974 and 1975. He joined the senior panel during the 1974 championship. McCarthy subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen.

At club level McCarthy is a three-time championship medallist with Galtee Rovers.

McCarthy retired from inter-county football following the conclusion of the 1982 championship.

In retirement from playing McCarthy became involved in team management and coaching. He has served as manager and selector with the Tipperary minor, under-21, junior and senior teams.[1]

He was also an umpire, who aged 21 during the 1975 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, became part of the first father-and-son pair (with his 50-year-old father Eddie) to umpire at an All-Ireland final.[2]

Honours

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Player

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Galtee Rovers

Manager

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Tipperary
  • Tipperary- Munster Minor Football Champions : 1984
  • Tipperary- All Ireland 'B' Senior Football Champions: 1995
  • Tipperary- Munster and All Ireland Junior Football Champions: 1998
  • Tipperary- Tommy Murphy Cup Senior Football Champions: 2005
Munster
  • Munster- Railway Cup Champions: 1999
Ireland
  • Ireland- International Rules Selector: 2013, 2014

References

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  1. ^ "McCarthy vows to reunite Tipp footballers". Breaking news. 9 September 2004. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Day has arrived for Tipperary to surrender to the living moment". Sunday Independent. 22 November 2020.