Liam Cahill (born 13 October 1977) is an Irish hurling

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, former selector and

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. He has been manager of the Tipperary county team since 18 July 2022.

Playing career

College

Cahill first came to prominence as a hurler with Scoil Ruáin in

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. In 1992 he was a member of the school's junior hurling team that won the All-Ireland Vocational Championship after a 3-04 to 2-04 defeat of St Colman’s Vocational School from

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Club

Cahill joined the Ballingarry club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels. He enjoyed championship success in the minor grade, winning back-to-back championship medals in 1994 and 1995. As a member of the Ballingarry senior hurling team, Cahill won South Tipperary Championship medals in 1996, 1998 and 2001. Cahill transferred to the

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club in 2007. On 18 October 2009, Cahill was at right wing-back when Thurles Sarsfields defeated Drom-Inch by 0-14 to 0-05 to win the Tipperary Senior Championship.

Inter-county

Minor and under-21

Cahill first played at inter-county level when he joined the Tipperary minor hurling team as a fifteen-year old. After scoring 1-04 on his debut against

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on 7 April 1993, he later won a

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medal following a 1-12 to 1-09 defeat of

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in the final. After surrendering the championship title the following year, Cahill was appointed captain of the team for Tipperary's unsuccessful championship campaign in 1995. Cahill subsequently joined the Tipperary under-21 team. After making his first appearance in that grade on 19 June 1996 in a 0-16 to 0-10 defeat of Limerick, he played for three unsuccessful seasons.

Senior

Cahill made his senior debut for Tipperary on 18 February 1996, replacing Aidan Ryan in a National Hurling League defeat of

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. On 2 June 1996, he made his first

appearance and scored 1-02 in a three-point defeat of

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. Cahill finished the championship with 3-10 and was named in the right corner-forward position on the All-Star team. On 14 September 1997, Cahill came on as a substitute for Michael Cleary in Tipperary's 0-20 to 2-13

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defeat by Clare at Croke Park. On 16 May 1999, Cahill collected his first silverware at senior level when he won a National Hurling League medal after a 1-14 to 1-10 defeat of

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in the final. On 6 May 2001, Cahill won a second National League medal in three years. He was held scoreless and substituted in the 52nd minute in the 1-19 to 0-17 defeat of Clare. Later that season he won a Munster Championship medal after scoring a point in Tipperary's 2-16 to 1-17 defeat of Limerick in the final. On 9 September 2001, Cahill was a non-playing substitute when Tipperary won the All-Ireland title for the first time in a decade after a 2-18 to 2-15 defeat of Galway in the final. After being a regular player for Tipperary during the 2003 National League, Cahill subsequently fell out of favour with the management after a poor performance against Clare in the Munster Championship. He left the panel in July 2003. Cahill returned to the Tipperary senior panel under

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during the 2007 National League. Later that season he made his first championship start in four years in a 2-17 to 2-13 defeat of

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. Cahill left the panel after Tipperary's exit from the championship.

Management and coaching career

Tipperary

Minor

Cahill first became involved in inter-county management as a selector on Declan Ryan's Tipperary minor hurling management team in 2007. After helping guide the team to the

title after a defeat of

, Tipperary later beat Cork for a second time that season in the subsequent

. Cahill's second and final season as a selector with the Tipperary minor team ended with defeats by Cork and Kilkenny. In September 2013, Cahill returned to inter-county management when he was appointed manager of the Tipperary minor team. His first season in charge ended with a 1-23 to 0-12 defeat by Clare in the Munster Championship. Cahill's second season as manager saw him guide Tipperary to the Munster Championship title after a three-point defeat of

. On 6 September 2015, Tipperary suffered a 4-13 to 1-16 defeat by

in the All-Ireland final. Cahill remained as manager of the team for a third season in 2016 and guided the team to a second successive Munster Championship title after a 1-24 o 0-10 defeat of Limerick. On 4 September 2016, Cahill's minor team won the All-Ireland title after a 1-21 to 0-17 defeat of Limerick in the final. Cahill's four-year tenure as Tipperary minor hurling manager ended with a three-point defeat by Cork in 2017.

Under-21 and under-20

Cahill was appointed manager of the Tipperary under-21 hurling team in November 2017. After being heavily defeated by

in the

final, Cahill guided Tipperary to an

appearance against the same opposition on 26 August 2018. An injury-time goal from Conor Stakelum secured a 3-13 to 1-16 victory. As a result of the under-21 success, Cahill refused to rule himself out of the running for the vacant Tipperary senior hurling manager post stating: "The Tipp senior job never really came into my mind to be honest, but I’m absolutely honoured to be linked to it. We'll see." In spite of this, he remained with the underage set-up, becoming the Tipperary under-20 manager. On 23 July 2019, Cahill guided Tipperary to the inaugural

title following a 3-15 to 2-17 defeat of Cork in the final. Both sides met again in the

on 24 August 2019, with Tipperary recording a 5-17 to 1-18 victory and a third successive championship defeat of Cork.

Waterford

Cahill was ratified as manager of the Waterford senior hurling team on 30 September 2019. His first major action as manager saw him drop

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and

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from the panel. This was later followed by the retirement of Michael "Brick" Walsh. In August 2021, Cahill confirmed that he would be staying on as manager of the Waterford senior team for at least another year, after turning down the opportunity to manage the

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hurling team. On 2 April 2022,

won the

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after a 4-20 to 1-23 win against

in the final. On 15 July 2022, Cahill stepped down as Waterford manager after three years in charge, after opting against taking a fourth year.

Tipperary

On 18 July 2022, Cahill was named as the new manager of the

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on a three year term, replacing

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. He will be assisted by coach Michael Bevans and selectors

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, Declan Laffan and TJ Ryan.

Career statistics

Honours

As a player

;Scoil Ruáin * All-Ireland Vocational Schools Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1992 ;Ballingarry *

South Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship The South Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Clonmel Oil South Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the South Tipperary Board of the Gaelic Athletic Assoc ...

(3): 1996, 1998, 2001 *Tipperary Minor Hurling Championship (2): 1994, 1995 ;Thurles Sarsfields *

Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship The Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the FBD Insurance Tipperary County Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Associati ...

(1): 2009 ;Tipperary * All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (1): 2001 * Munster Senior Hurling Championship (1): 2001 * National Hurling League (2):

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, 2001 *

Munster Minor Hurling Championship The Munster GAA Hurling Minor Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Electric Ireland Munster GAA Hurling Minor Championship) is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Assoc ...

(1):

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;Munster * Railway Cup (1): 1997 ;Awards * All Star Award (1): 1996

In management

;Tipperary * All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship (1):

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Munster Under-20 Hurling Championship The Munster GAA Hurling Under-20 Championship, known simply as the Munster Under-20 Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-co ...

(1):

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling Under-20 All-Ireland Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bord Gáis Energy GAA Hurling Under-20 All-Ireland Championship) is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (G ...

(1):

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All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Electric Ireland GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship) is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). I ...

(1): 2007,

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(1):

(3): 2007, 2015,

;Waterford * National Hurling League (1):

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References

External links

Liam Cahill profile
at the Hogan Stand website {{DEFAULTSORT:Cahill, Liam 1977 births Living people Ballingarry hurlers Thurles Sarsfields hurlers Tipperary inter-county hurlers Hurling selectors Hurling managers