| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Séamus Mac Gabhann | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Full-forward | ||
| Born |
1 January 1931 Ruan, County Clare, Ireland | ||
| Died |
9 February 2013 (aged 82) Clontarf, County Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Occupation | GAA administrator | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Ruan | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Clare titles | 5 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1948–1967 | Clare | 23 (20–53) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
James Smyth (1 January 1931 – 9 February 2013) was an Irish hurler who played as a full-forward for the Clare senior team.
Smyth made his first appearance for the team during the 1948–49 National Hurling League and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1967 championship. During that time he won one Oireachtas medal and one Thomond Feis medal, and was a Munster final runner-up on two occasions.
At club level Smyth was a five-time county club championship medallist with Ruan.
After retirement from play Smyth, in 1984 he was named on a special Hurling Team of the Century made up of players never to have won an All-Ireland medal. In 2000 he was named on the Munster Hurling Team of the Millennium.