Brian "Buggy" O'Meara (born 27 March 1990) is an Irish hurler who currently plays as a full-forward for the Tipperary senior team. His brother Niall O'Meara also play for Tipperary O'Meara made his first appearance for the team during the 2010 championship and has become a regular player over the last few seasons. Since then he has won one

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winners' medal. At club level O'Meara is a county football championship medallist with divisional side Thomas MacDonagh's. He plays hurling with his local club Kilruane MacDonagh's.

Playing career

Club

O'Meara plays his club hurling and

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with the Kilruane MacDonagh's club. In 2011 he was a member of the divisional Thomas MacDonagh's team that reached the final of the county football championship. Moyle Rovers provided the opposition. Thomas MacDonagh's were the winners by 0-9 to 0-7.

Inter-county

O'Meara first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Tipperary minor hurling team in 2008. After enjoying little success in the minor grade, he later became a

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in the under-21 grade in 2010. A 1-22 to 1-17 defeat of

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in the provincial hurling decider gave O'Meara a

medal. Tipp later played Galway in the All-Ireland final and went on to trounce the westerners by 5-22 to 0-12. It was O'Meara's first

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medal in that grade. That same year O'Meara was a key member of the Tipperary under-21 football team. He won a

medal that year as Tipp defeated Kerry by 1-7 to 1-6. It was Tipperary's very first Munster title in that grade. By this stage O'Meara was also a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team. He made his debut at full-forward in a Munster quarter-final defeat by

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in 2010. O'Meara was subsequently dropped from the team and played no part in Tipp's subsequent All-Ireland victory over

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. After remaining on the periphery of the team for 2011, O'Meara was back on the starting fifteen the following year. He began the year by winning a

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medal following a 1-21 to 2-12 defeat of Clare. A subsequent 2-17 to 0-16 defeat of Waterford in the provincial decider gave him his first

medal on the field of play. Tipperary later faced a humiliating 4-24 to 1-15 defeat by eventual champions Kilkenny in the All-Ireland semi-final.

Honours

Team

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Omeara, Brian 1990 births Living people Kilruane MacDonaghs hurlers Kilruane MacDonaghs Gaelic footballers Thomas MacDonaghs Gaelic footballers Tipperary inter-county hurlers People from Ballingarry, South Tipperary 21st-century Irish sportsmen