Jimmy Maher (hurler)
Jimmy Maher was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Boherlahan–Dualla GAA, Boherlahan and was a member of the Tipperary GAA, Tipperary senior inter-county team in the 1940s. Maher won two Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Munster winners' medals with Tipp in 1941 and 1945, as well as a single All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland winners' medal in 1945. References Teams

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Hurling
Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of players and much terminology. The same game played by women is called camogie ('), which shares a common Gaelic root. The objective of the game is for players to use an ash wood stick called a hurley (in Irish a ', pronounced or ) to hit a small ball called a ' between the opponent's goalposts either over the crossbar for one point or under the crossbar into a net guarded by a goalkeeper for three points. The ' can be caught in the hand and carried for not more than four steps, struck in the air or struck on the ground with the hurley. It can be kicked, or slapped with an open hand (the hand pass), for short-range passing. A player who wants to carry the ball for more than four steps has to bounce or balance the ' on the end of the stick ...
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