Matt Ruth

Matt Ruth
Personal information
Irish name	Maitiú de Rút
Sport	Hurling
Position	Left corner-forward
Born	Ballyragget, County Kilkenny
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Occupation	Primary school teacher
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Old Christians Commercials St. Patrick's
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1973-1974 1975-1983	Limerick Kilkenny	4 16
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	4 (1 as sub)
All-Irelands	3 (2 as sub)
NHL	2
All Stars	0

Matt Ruth (born December 1945 in Ballyragget, County Kilkenny) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played hurling and Gaelic football at various times with his local club Old Christians, Commercials and St. Patrick's and was a member of the Limerick and Kilkenny senior inter-county teams from 1973 until 1983. Ruth's son, Matthew, played minor hurling with Kilkenny in 2008.^[1]

References

↑ "From Kilkenny to Limerick back again: Matt Ruth". Kilkenny Cats. Retrieved 2010-04-01.

Limerick – 1974 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 S. Horgan 2 W. Moore 3 P. Hartigan 4 J. O'Brien 5 T. Ryan 6 É. Cregan 7 S. Foley (c) 8 B. Hartigan 9 É. Grimes 10 J. McKenna 11 R. Bennis 12 M. Ruth 13 L. O'Donoghue 14 N. Rea 15 F. Nolan Subs used P. Bennis P. Kelly Subs not used P. Fitzmaurice J. O'Donnell W. Conway M. LundonJ. O'Donnell Manager J. Power

Kilkenny - 1975 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (20th title)

1 N. Skehan 2 P. Larkin 3 N. Orr 4 B. Cody 5 P. Lawlor 6 P. Henderson 7 T. McCormack 8 L. O'Brien 9 F. Cummins 10 M. Crotty 11 P. Delaney 12 B. Fitzpatrick (c) 13 M. Brennan 14 K. Purcell 15 E. Keher Subs not used P. J. Ryan G. Fennelly G. Henderson M. Ruth N. Brennan J. Treacy Trainer Fr. Tommy Maher

Part Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p86. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill. 2008. Accessed 17 July 2010.

Kilkenny - 1978 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 N. Skehan 2 P. Prendergast 3 P. Larkin 4 D. O'Hara 5 J. Hennessy 6 G. Henderson (c) 7 R. Reid 8 F. Cummins 9 L. O'Brien 10 K. Fennelly 11 M. Crotty 12 B. Fitzpatrick 13 M. Brennan 14 B. Cody 15 M. Ruth Subs used T. Malone for K. Fennelly P. Henderson for L. O'Brien Subs not used P. J. Ryan M. Kennedy K. Brennan G. Fennelly Coach Fr. T. Maher Physical trainer M. Lanigan

Part Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p86. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill. 2008. Accessed 17 July 2010.

Kilkenny - 1979 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (21st title)

1 N. Skehan 2 P. Larkin 3 P. Prendergast 4 J. Henderson 5 R. Reid 6 G. Henderson 7 N. Brennan 8 J. Hennessy 9 F. Cummins 10 G. Fennelly (c) 11 B. Fitzpatrick 12 L. O'Brien 13 M. Brennan 14 M. Crotty 15 M. Ruth Subs used D. O'Hara for P. Prendergast K. Fennelly for M. Crotty Subs not used P. J. Ryan M. Mason M. Kennedy P. Moran T. Malone J. Marnell Managers P. Henderson E. Keher

Part Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p86. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill. 2008. Accessed 17 July 2010.

Kilkenny - 1982 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (22nd title)

1 N. Skehan 2 J. Henderson 3 B. Cody (c) 4 D. O'Hara 5 N. Brennan 6 G. Henderson 7 P. Prendergast 8 J. Hennessy 9 F. Cummins 10 R. Power 11 G. Fennelly 12 K. Brennan 13 B. Fitzpatrick 14 C. Heffernan 15 L. Fennelly Subs not used 16 K. Fennell 17 P. Neary 18 T. McCormack 19 M. Ruth 20 M. Brennan 21 B. Purcell 22 D. McCormack 23 F. Holohan 24 P. Lannon 25 É. Wallace 26 B. Walton Manager P. Henderson

Part Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p86. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill. 2008. Accessed 17 July 2010.