Irish name Tomas Mac Carthaigh Limerick titles 0 Nhl 4 Years Club All irelands 2 | Position Full-back Role Hurler Sport Hurling Name Tommy McCarthy | |
Died June 1968 (aged 62)
New York City, United States | ||
Thomas "Tommy" McCarthy (1906 – June 1968) was an Irish hurler who played as a centre-forward for the Limerick senior team.
Born in Kilfinane, County Limerick, McCarthy first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-one when he first linked up with the Limerick senior team. He made his debut in the 1927-28 Thomond Feis. McCarthy went on to play a key part for Limerick during a golden age for the team, and won two All-Ireland medals, four Munster medals and four National Hurling League medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.
McCarthy represented the Munster inter-provincial team at various times during his career, winning three Railway Cup medals. At club level he won fifteen championship medals with Ahane.
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