Declan Carr
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| Declan Carr | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Sport | Hurling | |
| Full name | Declan Carr | |
| Place of birth | Dublin , Ireland | |
| Club information | ||
| Club | Holycross-Ballycahill | |
| Position | Midfield | |
| Inter-County | ||
| County | Tipperary | |
| Position | Midfield | |
| Inter-County(ies)** | ||
| County | Years | Apps (scores) |
| Tipperary | 1989-1993, 1999 | |
| Senior Inter-County Titles | ||
| Munster Titles | 3 | |
| All-Ireland | 2 | |
| NHL | 1 | |
| All Stars | 1 | |
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Declan Carr (born 30 July 1965) is a former Irish sportsperson. He played senior hurling with the Tipperary inter-county team in the 1980s and 1990s.
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[edit] Early life
Declan Carr was born in Dublin in 1965. He was educated locally and in 1980 he moved to Holycross in County Tipperary. While Carr went on to play hurling for Tipperary, his brother, Tommy Carr, later played football for Dublin.
[edit] Playing career
[edit] Club
Carr played his club hurling with Holycross-Ballycahill. He won a senior county championship with the club in 1989.
[edit] Inter-county
Carr’s hurling skills were quickly spotted by the inter-county selectors and he soon joined the Tipperary under-21 team in the mid-1980s. From here he moved onto the senior panel, playing in the National Hurling League campaign of 1988-1989. That year he made his senior championship debut before later collecting his first All-Ireland medal following a final win over Antrim. At the end of the year Carr was presented with an All-Star award.
Two years later in 1991 Carr was appointed captain of the Tipperary team. That year he won his first Munster medal as a full member of the Tipperary team, before later winning his second All-Ireland medal following a win over Kilkenny. In 1994 Carr decided to leave Ireland. He lived in the United States for a number of years before returning in the late 1990s. Carr regained his place on the Tipperary team, winning a National Hurling League medal in 1999. He retired from inter-county hurling shortly after.
| Preceded by Declan Ryan |
Tipperary Senior Hurling Captain 1991 |
Succeeded by Colm Bonnar |
| Preceded by Tomás Mulcahy (Cork) |
All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain 1991 |
Succeeded by Liam Fennelly (Kilkenny) |
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