Seánie McMahon

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Seánie McMahon
Personal information
Sport Hurling
Irish Name Seán Mac Mathúna
Full name Seán McMahon
Place of birth Ennis , County Clare
Nickname(s) Seánie
Club information
Club St. Joseph's Doora-Barefield
Position Half-back
Inter-County
County Clare
Position Centre-back
Inter-County(ies)**
County Years Apps (scores)
Clare 1994-2006
Senior Inter-County Titles
Munster Titles 3
All-Ireland 2
All Stars 3

* club appearances and scores
correct as of .
**Inter County team apps and scores correct
as of .

Seánie McMahon (born 1972 in Ennis, County Clare) is a retired Irish sportsman. He played hurling with his local club St.Josephs Doora-Barefield and with the Clare senior inter-county team from 1994 until 2006. McMahon is regarded as one of Clare's greatest-ever hurlers.[citation needed]

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[edit] Playing career

[edit] Club

McMahon still plays club hurling with the St.Josephs Doora-Barefield club. He has had some success at underage levels before finally winning a senior county championship title in 1998. This was later converted into a Munster club title and on St. Patrick's Day, 1999 McMahon claimed an All-Ireland club title following a huge win over Rathnure. Later that year he won a second county title as well as a second Munster club title. McMahon won a third Clare SHC medal in 2001.

[edit] Inter-county

McMahon is regarded by many as one of the finest hurlers to have ever played for Clare. He made his championship debut in 1994 against Tipperary and was a prominent member of the Clare side that won the Munster Championship and All-Ireland titles in 1995. Two years later in 1997 the team repeated the same feat, with McMahon claiming his second Munster and All-Ireland medals, this was followed by a third Munster medal in 1998. He played at centre half back, and along with Anthony Daly and Liam Doyle, formed one of the most formidable half backlines of the 1990s. McMahon was a stylish, skillful and powerful hurler but was also invaluable for his prowess with long distance frees, rarely finishing a game without his name on the scoresheet. He scored the first points for Clare in both the 1995 and 1997 All-Ireland finals. McMahon captained Clare to two successive All-Ireland semi finals in 2005 and 2006, losing to eventual winners Cork and Kilkenny respectively. On the 6th October 2006 and at 32 years of age, he announced his retirement from inter-county hurling.


Preceded by
Brian Whelehan
(Offaly)		 Texaco Hurler of the Year
1995		 Succeeded by
Larry O'Gorman
(Wexford)
Preceded by
Brian Lohan		 Clare Senior Hurling Captain
2003-2006		 Succeeded by
Frank Lohan

[edit] Quotes

In his book "Raising the Banner", legendary Clare hurling manager Ger Loughnane said of McMahon: "There are men, then there are men, then there's Sean McMahon".

[edit] Teams

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Clare - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions 1995 (2nd title)

1 D. FitzGerald | 2 M. O'Halloran | 3 B. Lohan | 4 F. Lohan | 5 L. Doyle | 6 S. McMahon | 7 A. Daly (Capt.) | 8 J. O'Connor | 9 O. Baker | 10 F. Tuohy | 11 P.J. O'Connell | 12 F. Hegarty | 13 S. McNamara | 14 C. Clancy | 15 G. O'Loughlin | Subs: E. Taafe | C. Lyons | A. Neville | Manager: G. Loughnane
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Clare - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions 1997 (3rd title)

1 D. FitzGerald | 2 M. O'Halloran | 3 B. Lohan | 4 F. Lohan | 5 L. Doyle | 6 S. McMahon | 7 A. Daly (Capt.) | 8 O. Baker | 9 C. Lynch | 10 J. O'Connor | 11 C. Clancy | 12 P.J. O'Connell | 13 N. Gilligan | 14 G. O'Loughlin | 15 F. Tuohy | Subs: F. Hegarty | D. Forde | B. Murphy | Manager: G. Loughnane
Clare Senior Hurling Team - 2006

1 D. FitzGerald | 2 G. O'Grady | 3 B. Lohan | 4 F. Lohan | 5 D. Hoey | 6 S. McMahon | 7 C. Forde | 8 J. Clancy | 9 C. Lynch | 10 D. McMahon | 11 T. Carmody | 12 N. Gilligan | 13 D. O'Rourke | 14 A. Markham | 15 T. Griffin | Manager: A. Daly