Rory McCarthy (born 4 September 1975) is a retired
Irish sportsperson.
He played
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 ...
with his local club
St Martin's and with the
Wexford senior inter-county team. He played in the half-back line.
Early life
Rory McCarthy was born near
Murrintown,
County Wexford
County Wexford ( ga, Contae Loch Garman) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region. Named after the town of Wexford, it was based on the historic Gaelic territory of Hy Kinsella (''Uí Ceinns ...
in 1975. He was educated locally in Murrintown N.S. and from an early age he showed great skill at
Gaelic games
Gaelic games ( ga, Cluichí Gaelacha) are a set of sports played worldwide, though they are particularly popular in Ireland, where they originated. They include Gaelic football, hurling, Gaelic handball and rounders. Football and hurling, the ...
. McCarthy later attended St. Peter’s College, a virtual academy for young hurling and football talent. Here he won a Leinster Colleges’ medal in football at both senior and junior levels, an All-Ireland Colleges medal in football in 1993. While his early successes were in the game of
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 ...
it would be as a hurler that he would have much more success.
Rory now works in Gorey Community School as a maths and Physical Education teacher.
Playing career
Club
McCarthy plays his club hurling and football with his local
St Martin's club. He has experienced some success at underage levels and in 1999 he won his first,
county championship medal. He later went on to win another in 2008
References
External links
GAA Info ProfileHogan Stand Article
1975 births
Living people
People educated at St Peter's College, Wexford
St Martin's (Wexford) hurlers
Wexford inter-county hurlers
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