Martin Storey
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| Personal information | |||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Full name | Martin Storey | ||
| Date of Birth | 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Oulart, County Wexford | ||
| Club information | |||
| Club | Oulart-the Ballagh | ||
| Position | Half-forward | ||
| Club(s)* | |||
| Club | Years | Apps (scores) | |
| Inter County | |||
| County | Wexford | ||
| Position | Half-forward | ||
| Inter County(ies)** | |||
| County | Years | Apps (scores) | |
| Wexford | 1986-2000 | 31 | |
| Inter County Titles | |||
| Leinster Titles | 2 | ||
| All-Ireland | 1 | ||
| All-Stars | 3 | ||
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* club appearances and scores |
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Martin Storey (born 1964) is a former Irish sportsperson. He played senior hurling with Wexford from 1986 until 2000.
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[edit] Early life
Martin Storey was born in Oulart, County Wexford in 1964. He was educated locally and, in time, he would become one of the stars at club and inter-county hurling in the 1990s.
[edit] Playing career
[edit] Club
Storey played his club hurling with the famous Oulart-the Ballagh club in Wexford. The club had never won a county championship in its history, however, by the time of Storey’s retirement he had won three, in 1994, 1995 and 1997.
[edit] Inter-county
In the early 1980s Storey first came to prominence when he joined the Wexford minor hurling panel. He later played on the under-21 but had no All-Ireland success at either level. Storey made his senior debut against Kilkenny in 1986 and gave fifteen years of uninterrupted service to inter-county hurling. Success at senior level eluded him for much of the decade, however, his performance in the 1993 championship earned him his first All-Star award. Three years later in 1996 Storey was the Wexford captain when he won his first Leinster title. He later played a key role in the half-forward line when he claimed his first, and only, All-Ireland medal following a win over Limerick in the final. He was subsequently presented with a second All-Star award.
Storey captured a second Leinster title in 1997, however, Wexford were later defeated by Tipperary in the All-Ireland semi-final. The following years proved difficult as Wexford and Storey faced a resurgent Kilkenny in the Leinster championship. In spite of this he won a third All-Star award in 1998. Storey retired from inter-county hurling in 2000 following two years of heavy defeats for Wexford.
| Preceded by ' |
Wexford Senior Hurling Captain 1996 |
Succeeded by Rod Guiney |
| Preceded by Anthony Daly (Clare) |
All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain 1996 |
Succeeded by Anthony Daly (Clare) |
| Preceded by Rod Guiney |
Wexford Senior Hurling Captain 1998 |
Succeeded by Paul Codd |
[edit] Teams
| Wexford - All-Ireland Hurling Champions 1996 | ||
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1 D. Fitzhenry | 2 C. Kehoe | 3 G. Cushe | 4 J. O'Connor | 5 R. Guiney | 6 L. Dunne | 7 L. O'Gorman | 8 A. Fenlon | 9 G. O'Connor | 10 R. McCarthy | 11 M. Storey (Capt.) | 12 L. Murphy | 13 T. Dempsey | 14 G. Laffan | 15 É. Scallan | Subs: B. Byrne | P. Finn | P. Codd | Manager: L. Griffin |
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