Dinny O'Meara
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Cloughjordan,
County Tipperary, Ireland
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Donncha Ó Meachair | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Full-back | ||
| Born |
1952 Cloughjordan, County Tipperary, Ireland | ||
| Nickname | Beaker | ||
| Occupation | Heating contractor | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Kilruane MacDonaghs | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Tipperary titles | 4 | ||
| Munster titles | 1 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1979-1986 | Tipperary | 0 (0-00) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Denis O'Meara (born 1952[1]) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Kilruane MacDonaghs and was also a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team.
O'Meara first played Gaelic football and hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Kilruane MacDonaghs club.[2] He captained the club's under-21 team to their inaugural Tipperary U21AHC title in 1973 and later won a Tipperary SFC title in 1975.[3] After winning three successive Tipperary SHC titles from 1977 to 1979, O'Meara secured a fourth winners' medal in 1985. He was at full-back on the Kilruane MacDonaghs team that won the All-Ireland Club Championship title in 1986.[4][5]
At inter-county level, O'Meara was a member of the Tipperary under-21 hurling team in his final year of eligibility in 1973. He first played with the senior team during their successful 1978-79 National League campaign. O'Meara was also included on Tipperary's championship panels in 1979 and 1986.[6] Sheppard was a non-playing substitute when Tipperary beat Cork in the 1987 Munster final replay.