Brian O'Meara (Kilruane MacDonagh's hurler)
{{short description|Irish hurler}}
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|name = Brian O'Meara
|irish = Brian Ó Meadhra
|nickname = Buggy
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|3|27|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Ballingarry, South Tipperary, Ireland
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|sport = Hurling
|code = Hurling
|county = Tipperary
|province = Munster
|clyears = 2007–
2007–
|club = Kilruane MacDonagh's
Thomas MacDonagh's
|clposition = Centre forward
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|icyears = 2010–2013
|counties = Tipperary
|icposition = Left half forward
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Brian "Buggy" O'Meara (born 27 March 1990) is an Irish hurler who currently plays as a full-forward for the Tipperary senior team.{{cite news|url=http://tipperary.gaa.ie/senior-hurling-player-profiles |title=Senior Hurling Panel |publisher=Tipperary GAA website |access-date=1 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817172323/http://tipperary.gaa.ie/senior-hurling-player-profiles |archive-date=17 August 2012 }} His brother Niall O'Meara also play for Tipperary
O'Meara made his first appearance for the team during the 2010 championship and has become a regular player over the last few seasons. Since then he has won one Munster winners' medal.
At club level O'Meara is a county football championship medallist with divisional side Thomas MacDonagh's. He plays hurling with his local club Kilruane MacDonagh's.
Playing career
=Club=
O'Meara plays his club hurling and Gaelic football with the Kilruane MacDonagh's club.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
In 2011 he was a member of the divisional Thomas MacDonagh's team that reached the final of the county football championship. Moyle Rovers provided the opposition. Thomas MacDonagh's were the winners by 0-9 to 0-7.{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/austin-turns-tide-as-macdonaghs-make-history-2927337.html|title=Austin turns tide as MacDonagh's make history|publisher=Irish Independent|date=7 November 2011|access-date=1 November 2012}}
=Inter-county=
O'Meara first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Tipperary minor hurling team in 2008.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
After enjoying little success in the minor grade, he later became a dual player in the under-21 grade in 2010. A 1-22 to 1-17 defeat of Clare in the provincial hurling decider gave O'Meara a Munster medal.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/archives/2010/0729/sport/tipp-take-another-step-forward-126466.html|title=Tipp take another step forward|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=29 July 2010|access-date=30 October 2012|first=Fintan|last=O'Toole}} Tipp later played Galway in the All-Ireland final and went on to trounce the westerners by 5-22 to 0-12.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0913/1224278758256.html|title=Tipperary crown an outstanding week|publisher=Irish Times|date=13 September 2010|access-date=7 June 2011}} It was O'Meara's first All-Ireland medal in that grade.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
That same year O'Meara was a key member of the Tipperary under-21 football team. He won a Munster medal that year as Tipp defeated Kerry by 1-7 to 1-6.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/archives/2010/0401/sport/title-glory-at-last-for-terrific-tipp-116082.html|title=Title glory at last for terrific Tipp|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=1 April 2010|access-date=1 November 2012|first=Fintan|last=O'Toole}} It was Tipperary's very first Munster title in that grade.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
By this stage O'Meara was also a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team. He made his debut at full-forward in a Munster quarter-final defeat by Cork in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Tipperary/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=129572|title=Tipp debuts for Cahill and O'Meara|publisher=Hogan Stand website|date=28 May 2010|access-date=1 November 2012}} O'Meara was subsequently dropped from the team and played no part in Tipp's subsequent All-Ireland victory over Kilkenny.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2010/0905/tipperary_kilkenny.html |title=RTÉ Sport: Tipperary 4-17 Kilkenny 1-18 |publisher=RTÉ Sport |date=5 September 2010 |access-date=5 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100906101638/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2010/0905/tipperary_kilkenny.html |archive-date= 6 September 2010 }}
After remaining on the periphery of the team for 2011, O'Meara was back on the starting fifteen the following year. He began the year by winning a Waterford Crystal Cup medal following a 1-21 to 2-12 defeat of Clare.{{cite news|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/archives/2012/0305/sport/ryan-pleased-with-tipps-timely-tonic-186057.html|title=Ryan pleased with Tipp’s timely tonic|publisher=Irish Examiner|access-date=1 November 2012|date=5 March 2012|first=Michael|last=Moynihan}} A subsequent 2-17 to 0-16 defeat of Waterford in the provincial decider gave him his first Munster medal on the field of play.{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2012/0716/1224320206161.html|title=Clinical Tipperary complete first task|publisher=Irish Times|access-date=30 October 2012|date=16 July 2012|first=Malachy|last=Clerkin}} Tipperary later faced a humiliating 4-24 to 1-15 defeat by eventual champions Kilkenny in the All-Ireland semi-final.{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2012/0820/1224322498139.html|title=Kilkenny trample over Tipp tradition|publisher=Irish Times|access-date=30 October 2012|date=30 August 2012|first=Seán|last=Moran}}
Honours
=Team=
;Thomas MacDonagh's
- Tipperary Senior Football Championship (1): 2011
;Kilruane MacDonagh's
;Tipperary
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (1): 2010
- Munster Senior Hurling Championship (2): 2011, 2012
- All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 2010
- Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 2010
- Munster Under-21 Football Championship (1): 2010
- Waterford Crystal Cup (1): 2012
References
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{{Tipperary Under-21 Hurling Team 2010}}
{{Tipperary Hurling Team 2010}}
{{Tipperary Hurling Team 2011}}
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Category:Kilruane MacDonaghs hurlers
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