Eamon O'Shea

Éamonn O'Shea
Personal information
Irish name Éamonn Ó Sé
Sport Hurling
Position Right half forward
Born 1958 (age 65–66)
Cloughjordan, County Tipperary, Ireland
Occupation
Club(s)
Years Club
 Kilruane MacDonagh's
Club titles
Tipperary titles 4
Munster titles 1
All-Ireland Titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1979–1983
1984–1985
1986
 Tipperary
Dublin
Tipperary		 4 (0–8)
2 (0–0)
1 (0–0)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 1
All Stars 0

Dr. Eamon O'Shea (born 1958) is an Irish former hurler who played as a right wing-forward at senior level for the Tipperary and Dublin county teams.[2]

O'Shea began his senior career during the 1979 championship and was a regular player on the inter-county scene until his retirement after the 1986 championship. During that time he won one National Hurling League winners' medal.[3]

At club level O'Shea is an All-Ireland medalist with Kilruane MacDonagh's. In addition to this he has also won one Munster and four county club championship medals.

A former coach of the Tipperary senior hurling team, O'Shea was appointed manager of the team in September 2012.[4]

O'Shea is currently based in Galway and works as the head of Economics at NUI Galway.[5][6]

  1. ^ O'Connor, Christy (14 August 2015). "Eamon O'Shea determined to lead Tipp to the All-Ireland they crave". independent.ie. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Profile: Eamon O'Shea". Tipp GAA archive website. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Tipp GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Eamon O'Shea succeeds Declan Ryan as Tipperary hurling manager". RTÉ Sport. 25 September 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Veterans Tipp-ed to stay as O'Shea takes Premier post". Herald. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  6. ^ "The lowdown on Tipperary boss Eamon O'Shea". Score.ie. 27 September 2012. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.