Declan Carr (born 30 July 1965) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a midfielder for the

Tipperary Tipperary is the name of: Places *County Tipperary, a county in Ireland **North Tipperary, a former administrative county based in Nenagh **South Tipperary, a former administrative county based in Clonmel *Tipperary (town), County Tipperary's na ...

senior team. Carr joined the team during the 1988-89 National League and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until he quit the panel after the 1993-94 National League. He made a brief return for the 1999 championship. During that time he won two

All-Ireland All-Ireland (sometimes All-Island) refers to all of Ireland, as opposed to the separate jurisdictions of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. "All-Ireland" is most frequently used to refer to sporting teams or events for the entire islan ...

medals, three

Munster Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...

medals, one

National League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team s ...

medal and one All-Star award. Carr captained the team to the All-Ireland title in 1991. At club level Carr is a one-time county club championship medalist with Holycross–Ballycahill. He has also managed the Holycross-Ballycahill senior team and the Tipperary U-21 team.

Early life

Declan Carr was born in

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

in 1965. He was educated locally and in 1980 he moved to Ballycahill in

County Tipperary County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after th ...

. While Carr went on to play

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 p ...

for

, his brother, Tommy Carr, later played

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

for

Playing career

Club

Carr played his club

with Holycross–Ballycahill. He won a senior

county championship The County Championship (referred to as the LV= Insurance County Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales and is organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). It bec ...

with the club in 1990.

Inter-county

Carr's

skills were quickly spotted by the inter-county selectors and he soon joined the

under-21 team in the mid-1980s. From here he moved onto the senior panel, playing in the

National Hurling League The National Hurling League is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition featuring teams from Ireland and England. Founded in 1925 by the Gaelic Athletic Association, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation within the l ...

campaign of 1988–1989. That year he made his senior championship debut before later collecting his first

medal following a

final Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: *Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event ** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...

win over Antrim. At the end of the year Carr was presented with an All-Star award. Two years later in 1991 Carr was appointed captain of the Tipperary team. That year he won his first

medal as a full member of the Tipperary team, before later winning his second All-Ireland medal following a win over

Kilkenny Kilkenny (). is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2016 census gave the total population of Kilkenny as 26,512. Kilken ...

. In 1994 Carr decided to leave Ireland, moving to the United States, before returning again in 1998. He regained his place on the Tipperary team, winning a

medal in 1999. He retired from inter-county hurling panel in 1999.

Coaching career

In January 2021, Carr was appointed manager of the

ladies football team.

Honours

Tipperary

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling competition i ...

: **Winner (2): 1989, 1991 (c) *

Munster Senior Hurling Championship The Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Munster Championship, is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster GAA, Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the h ...

: **Winner (3): 1989, 1991, 1993 *

: **Winner (1): 1999

References

External links

Tipperary Senior Hurling Record
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carr, Declan 1965 births Living people All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners Holycross-Ballycahill hurlers Ladies' Gaelic football managers Munster inter-provincial hurlers Tipperary inter-county hurlers