Tomás Mulcahy

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Tomás Mulcahy

Personal information
Sport	Hurling
Irish Name	Tomás Ó Maolcatha
Full name	Tomás Mulcahy
Date of Birth	1963
Place of birth	Blackpool, Cork
Height	6'2"
Club information
Club	Glen Rovers
Position	Forward
Club(s)*
Club	Years	Apps (scores)
Inter County
County	Cork
Position	Right corner-forward
Inter County(ies)**
County	Years	Apps (scores)
Cork	1983-1995
Inter County Titles
Munster Titles	5
All-Ireland	3
All-Stars	2
* club appearances and scores correct as of . **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of .

Tomás Mulcahy (born 1963) is a former Irish sportsperson. He played senior hurling with Cork from 1983 until 1995. He is regarded as one of Cork’s most popular players.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Playing career 2.1 Club 2.2 Inter-county 3 Post-playing career 4 Teams 5 References

[edit] Early life

Tomás Mulcahy was born in Blackpool, Cork in 1963. He was born into a family that was heavily involved in Gaelic Games. His father was a staunch member of Glen Rovers while Mulcahy and his brothers all followed their father by becoming members of the club made famous by Christy Ring and Jack Lynch. Mulcahy was educated locally and later attended the North Monastery, a famed hurling academy in Cork, where he had much success. In 1980 he won a Dean Ryan Cup medal in junior hurling and a Frewen Cup medal in junior football. Mulcahy also won Harty Cup and All-Ireland Colleges’ titles with the school’s senior hurling team.

[edit] Playing career

[edit] Club

Mulcahy played his club hurling with the famous Glen Rovers club in Blackpool. He also played Gaelic football with the Glen’s sister club, St. Nick’s. Mulcahy had much underage success with the Glen, and he also won a Cork SHC title as captain in 1989. It was Glen Rovers’ first county title since 1976.

[edit] Inter-county

In the early 1980s Mulcahy played both minor hurling and Gaelic football with Cork for two years but had little success. By 1982 he had graduated onto the inter-county under-21 team. He came on as a substitute against Galway in that year’s All-Ireland final, and ended up on the winning side. Mulcahy made his senior debut in a challenge game against Waterford in a full-forward line that included Jimmy Barry-Murphy and Seánie O'Leary.

By the time the championship began in 1983 Mulcahy was a full member of the team. He won his first Munster title that year, however, Cork were defeated by Kilkenny in the subsequent All-Ireland final. In 1984 he won his second Munster title following a thrilling game against Tipperary. In the subsequent All-Ireland final, played at Semple Stadium, Cork defeated Offaly and Mulcahy captured his first All-Ireland medal. His excellent performance in the championship also earned him his first All-Star award.

In 1985 Mulcahy won another Munster title, however, Galway accounted for Cork in the All-Ireland semi-final. By this stage he was also a member of the Cork football team. He came on as a substitute in the Munster final against Kerry as Páidí Ó Sé’s opposite number. Cork lost on the day and Mulcahy gave up football shortly afterwards. In 1986 he won his fourth consecutive Munster title with Cork. This was later converted into his second All-Ireland medal following a win over always in the final. Mulcahy was once again presented with an All-Star award.

For the following three years Tipperary were the dominant team in Munster. Cork reclaimed the provincial crown in 1990, however, Mulcahy, in spite of being the team captain, missed the game through injury. In the subsequent All-Ireland final Cork squared up to Galway once again. While Galway were the overwhelming favourites to take the title Cork fought back from being 7 points down, being inspired by a goal from captain Mulcahy, to win the game on a score line of 5-15 to 2-21. Two years later in 1992 he won another Munster title, however, Kilkenny were victorious in the All-Ireland final.

For the next few years Cork hurling went into decline. Mulcahy did win a National Hurling League medal in 1993, but he was dropped from the team on a number of occasions. He retired from inter-county hurling in 1995.

[edit] Post-playing career

Mulcahy had been described as one of the most popular player to have ever played hurling for Cork. In retirement from the game his name is frequently touted as being a future manager of the senior hurling team. Mulcahy also works as an analyst on RTÉ’s Gaelic games programme ‘’The Sunday Game.’’

Preceded by '	Cork Senior Hurling Captain 1990	Succeeded by Tony O'Sullivan
Preceded by Bobby Ryan (Tipperary)	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain 1990	Succeeded by Declan Carr (Tipperary)

Tomas works in All Ireland Mortgages in Cork.

[edit] Teams

	Cork - All-Ireland Hurling Champions 1984 (25th title)
1 G. Cunningham | 2 D. Mulcahy | 3 D. O'Grady | 4 J. Hodgins | 5 T. Cashman | 6 J. Crowley | 7 D. McCurtain | 8 J. Fenton (Capt.) | 9 P. Hartnett | 10 K. Hennessy | 11 T. Crowley | 12 T. O'Sullivan | 13 T. Mulcahy | 14 J. Barry-Murphy | 15 S. O'Leary | Managers: J. McCarthy | M. O'Brien

	Cork - All-Ireland Hurling Champions 1986 (26th title)
1 G. Cunningham | 2 D. Mulcahy | 3 R. Browne | 4 J. Crowley | 5 P. Hartnett | 6 T. Cashman (Capt.) | 7 D. Walsh | 8 J. Fenton | 9 J. Cashman | 10 T. McCarthy | 11 T. Mulcahy | 12 T. O'Sullivan | 13 G. Fitzgerald | 14 J. Barry-Murphy | 15 Kevin Hennessy | Subs: K. Kingston Manager: J. Clifford

	Cork - All-Ireland Hurling Champions 1990 (27th title)
1 G. Cunningham | 2 J. Considine | 3 D. Walsh | 4 S. O'Gorman | 5 S. McCarthy | 6 J. Cashman | 7 K. McGuckian | 8 B. O'Sullivan | 9 T. McCarthy | 10 G. FitzGerald | 11 M. Foley | 12 T. O'Sullivan | 13 T. Mulcahy (Capt.) | 14 K. Hennessy | 15 J. Fitzgibbon | Subs: D. Quirke | C. Casey | Manager: M. O'Brien

[edit] References

• Brendan Fullum, Captains of the Ash, (Wolfhound Press, 2002)