Irish name Ronan O Meachair Occupation Student All stars 0 Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) All irelands 0 | Position Left wing-back Name Ronan Maher Sport Hurling Years Club Nhl 0 | |
 | ||
Born 9 November 1995 (age 28)
Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland ( 1995-11-09 ) Similar People Padraic Maher, Brendan Maher, Jason Forde | ||
Ronan Maher (born 9 October 1995) is an Irish hurler who plays as a left wing-back for the Tipperary senior team.
Contents
Born in Thurles, County Tipperary, Maher first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor team before later joining the under-21 side. He made his senior debut during the 2014 Waterford Crystal Cup. Maher subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and has won one Munster medal.
At club level Maher is a one-time Munster medallist with Thurles Sarsfields. In addition to this he has also won four championship medal.
Maher's brother, Pádraic, is also an All-Ireland medallist with Tipperary.
Ronan maher interview
Club
Maher was still eligible for the minor grade when he was added to the senior panel of the Thurles Sarsfields team in 2012. He was a non-playing substitute that year as Sarsfields won the championship following a 1-21 to 2-15 defeat of Drom-Inch in the decider. Maher later claimed a Munster medal on the field of play when he was introduced as a substitute during a thrilling 1-21 to 1-16 defeat of De La Salle in one of the games of the year.
After surrendering their titles the following year, Thurles Sarsfields were back in the final again in 2014. A slow start had a detrimental effect on opponents Loughmore-Castleiney, as Sarsfields powered to a 2-22 to 3-11 victory. It was Maher's first championship medal on the field of play.
Inter-county
Maher first played for Tipperary as a member of the minor team on 2 May 2012 in a 6-21 to 0-11 Munster quarter-final trouncing of Kerry. He later won a Munster medal following a 1-16 to 1-12 defeat of Clare. On 9 September 2012 Tipperary faced Dublin in the All-Ireland decider. In a thrilling contest, Tipperary looked on course to take the title, however, a brace of Paul Winters points for Dublin secured a draw. The replay three weeks later was much more conclusive with Maher collecting an All-Ireland medal following a 2-18 to 1-11 victory.
On 12 January 2014 Maher made his competitive debut for the Tipperary senior team in a 3-20 to 0-5 defeat of the Limerick Institute of Technology in the Waterford Crystal Cup. He later claimed a winners' medal in that competition as Tipperary defeated Clare by 4-22 to 3-11 in the decider.
Maher won a Munster medal in 2015 following a 0-21 to 0-16 defeat of Waterford.
On 4 September 2016, playing alongside his brother Padraic, Maher won his first All-Ireland Senior hurling title when Tipperary defeated Kilkenny in the final by 2-29 to 2-20.