Tommy McCarthy
Personal information
Irish name Tomás Mac Cárthaigh
Sport Hurling
Position Full-back
Born 10 August 1905
Kilfinane, County Limerick, Ireland
Died June 1968 (aged 62)
New York City, United States
Club(s)
Years Club
 Kilfinane
Fedamore
Club titles
Limerick titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1927-1938
 Limerick
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 4
All-Irelands 2
NHL 4

Thomas Patrick McCarthy (August 1905 – June 1968) was an Irish hurler who played as a centre-forward for the Limerick senior team.[1]

McCarthy was born on 10 August 1905 in Kilfinane, County Limerick, to Thomas McCarthy and Nora Fitzgerald.[2] His great uncle was Irish Nationalist James Gubbins Fitzgerald.

McCarthy first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-one when he first linked up with the Limerick senior team. He made his debut in the 1927-28 Thomond Feis. McCarthy went on to play a key part for Limerick during a golden age for the team, and won two All-Ireland medals, four Munster medals and four National Hurling League medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.

McCarthy represented the Munster inter-provincial team at various times during his career, winning three Railway Cup medals. At club level he won fifteen championship medals with Ahane.

References

  1. ↑ Fitzgerald, Áine (24 August 2011). "President of the GAA to unveil plaque in honour of Limerick hurling legend". Limerick Leader. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911".
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