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| Monsignor Tommy Maher |
| Personal information |
| Sport |
Hurling |
| Irish Name |
Tomás Ó Meagher |
| Full name |
Tommy Maher |
| Place of birth |
Thomastown , County Kilkenny |
| Nickname(s) |
Fr. Tommy |
| Club information |
| Club |
Thomastown |
| Position |
Forward |
| Inter-County |
| County |
Kilkenny |
| Position |
Forward |
| Inter-County(ies)** |
| County |
Years |
Apps (scores) |
| Kilkenny |
1940s |
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| Senior Inter-County Titles |
| Leinster Titles |
1 |
| All-Ireland |
0 |
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* club appearances and scores
correct as of .
**Inter County team apps and scores correct
as of .
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Monsignor Tommy Maher (born 1923 in Thomastown, County Kilkenny) is a retired Irish hurling coach and former player. He played hurling with his local club Thomastown and with the Kilkenny senior inter-county team in the 1940s. Maher, who also served as a Roman Catholic priest and teacher, also coached Kilkenny to seven senior All-Ireland titles between 1957 and 1978.
[edit] Biography
Tommy Maher was born in Thomastown in 1923. He was educated locally and later attended St. Kieran's College, Kilkenny, a virtual nursery for young hurling talent. Maher later trained as a Roman Catholic priest and returned to St. Kieran's where he taught for many years. He also became heavily involved in coaching the college's senior hurling team.
In 1983 he was appointed parish priest of Mullinavat and immediately became involved in the local hurling scene. He remained at Mullinavat until his retirement in 1998.
[edit] Playing career
Maher played his club hurling with the Thomastown club just outside Kilkenny city. He enjoyed some success with the club, culminating in the winning of a senior county title in 1946.
[edit] Inter-county
Maher also played hurling with the Kilkenny senior inter-county team in the 1940s. After their expulsion from the championship in the early part of the decade, due to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth in the county, Kilkenny broke his back in 1945. That year Maher won a Leinster title following a victory over Dublin in the provincial decider. He later lined out in the All-Ireland final against Tipperary. However, the Premier County that was victorious on that occasion.
[edit] Coaching career
In 1957 Maher joined the Kilkenny senior hurling team as coach. Over the next twenty-one years he would revolutionise Kilkenny's style of play and would preside over an era which saw the county win fourteen Leinster titles and seven All-Ireland titles.
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Kilkenny - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions 1957 (14th title) |
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1 O. Walsh | 2 T. Walsh | 3 J. Walsh | 4 J. Maher | 5 P. Buggy | 6 M. Walsh | 7 J. McGovern | 8 M. Brophy | 9 J. Sutton | 10 D. Heaslip | 11 M. Kenny | 12 M. Kelly (Capt.) | 13 D. Rockett | 14 W. Dwyer | 15 S. Clohessy | Subs: W. Walsh | Manager: Fr. Tommy Maher
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Kilkenny - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions 1963 (15th title) |
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Kilkenny - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions 1967 (16th title) |
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Kilkenny - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions 1969 (17th title) |
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Kilkenny - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions 1972 (18th title) |
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Kilkenny - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions 1974 (19th title) |
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Kilkenny - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions 1975 (20th title) |
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