Sonny Maher
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Nodstown,
County Tipperary, Ireland
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Máirtín Ó Meachair | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Full-forward | ||
| Born |
10 November 1921 Nodstown, County Tipperary, Ireland | ||
| Died |
11 February 1999 (aged 77) Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Nickname | Sonny | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Boherlahan–Dualla | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Tipperary titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1943-1952 | Tipperary | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 3 | ||
| All-Irelands | 3 | ||
| NHL | 3 | ||
Martin Joseph Maher (10 November 1921 – 11 February 1999) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with Boherlahan–Dualla and was also a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team.
Maher's hurling career began as a schoolboy when, in 1934, he was a member of the Ballytarsna team that won the initial rural juvenile title.[1] He later joined the Boherlahan–Dualla club and won a Tipperary SHC title in 1941.[2] Maher continued to line out at club level until 1956, by which time he had also won two Mid Tipperary SHC titles.[3]
Maher never played in the minor or junior grades with Tipperary, but joined the senior team in 1943. After a period away from the team he was recalled and lined out at full-forward when Tipperary won three successive All-Ireland SHC titles from 1949 to 1951.[4] Maher also won three successive Munster SHC medals and three National League titles before his inter-county career ended in 1952.[5]