Séamus McCarthy (born 1954) is an
Irish
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former
Gaelic football
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er who played at senior level for the
Tipperary county team.
Born in
Bansha
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,
County Tipperary
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, McCarthy first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor team in 1972 before later joining the under-21 side in 1974 and 1975. He joined the senior panel during the
1974 championship. McCarthy subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen.
At club level McCarthy is a three-time
championship
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medallist with
Galtee Rovers.
McCarthy retired from inter-county football following the conclusion of the
1982 championship.
In retirement from playing McCarthy became involved in team management and coaching. He has served as
manager
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and
selector
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with the Tipperary minor, under-21, junior and senior teams.
He was also an
umpire
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, who aged 21 during the
1975 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, became part of the first father-and-son pair (with his 50-year-old father Eddie) to umpire at an All-Ireland final.
Honours
Player
;Galtee Rovers
*
Tipperary Senior Football Championship
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(3): 1976, 1980, 1981
*Tipperary Under 21 Championship (1): 1975
Manager
;Tipperary
* Tipperary- Munster Minor Football Champions : 1984
* Tipperary- All Ireland 'B' Senior Football Champions: 1995
* Tipperary- Munster and All Ireland Junior Football Champions: 1998
* Tipperary- Tommy Murphy Cup Senior Football Champions: 2005
;Munster
* Munster- Railway Cup Champions: 1999
;Ireland
* Ireland- International Rules Selector: 2013, 2014
References
1954 births
Living people
Gaelic football managers
Galtee Rovers Gaelic footballers
Gaelic football selectors
Gaelic football umpires
Tipperary inter-county Gaelic footballers
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