Séamus McCarthy (born 1954) is an
Irish former
Gaelic football
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er who played at senior level for the
Tipperary county team.
Born in
Bansha
Bansha (; ) is a village in County Tipperary in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The village is part of the parish of "Bansha and Kilmoyler" (united in 1858) in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. It is in the historical Barony (I ...
,
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 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 (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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