Canice Maher

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|birth_date = 1991

|birth_place = Muckalee,
County Kilkenny, Ireland

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|sport = Hurling

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|county = Cavan

|province = Leinster

|club = Muckalee
St Martin's
St Jude's
East Cavan Gaels

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Dublin
Cavan

|icyears = 2010-2011
2016-2017
2022-present

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Canice Maher (born 1991) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he plays with East Cavan Gaels and at inter-county level with the Cavan senior hurling team. Maher previously played with St Martin's and St Jude's, as well as the Kilkenny and Dublin senior hurling teams.

Career

Maher first came to hurling prominence as a member of the Castlecomer Community School team that won the Leinster Colleges Championship in 2007.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-20028147.html|title=McGrath swings it for Castlecomer|date=19 March 2007|publisher=Irish Examiner|access-date=17 August 2016}} He simultaneously lined out with the St Martin's club at juvenile and underage levels before eventually progressing onto the club's senior team. Maher first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Kilkenny minor hurling team that beat Galway in the 2008 All-Ireland minor final before later captaining the team in his second and final season.{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/allireland-minor-mhc-final-danny-boy-on-song-for-lucky-cats-26475271.html|title=Danny boy on song for lucky Cats|date= 8 September 2008|publisher=Irish Independent|access-date=17 August 2016}}

Maher was also a member of the extended panel of the Kilkenny under-21 hurling team that lost out to Clare in the 2012 All-Ireland under-21 final, having earlier lined out for the senior team in the 2011 Walsh Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/dynamic-duo-drive-clare-to-glory-207851.html|title=Dynamic duo drive Clare to glory|newspaper=Irish Examiner|date=17 September 2012|access-date=29 September 2012|first=Diarmuid|last=O'Flynn}} After transferring to the St Jude's club, Maher also earned selection to the Dublin senior hurling team.{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/9-players-points-to-prove-allianz-hurling-league-3224916-Feb2017/|title=9 players with big points to prove in the Allianz Hurling League|date=8 February 2017|publisher=The 42|access-date=24 March 2022}} He later joined the East Cavan Gaels club and made his Cavan senior hurling team debut in 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.anglocelt.ie/2023/03/01/kilkenny-man-maher-is-now-a-cavan-hurling-true-blue/|title=Kilkenny man Maher is now a Cavan hurling true blue|date=1 March 2023|publisher=The Anglo-Celt|access-date=5 March 2023}} Maher was part of the East Cavan Gaels team that beat Cootehill Celtic to win the Cavan SHC title in 2024.{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/east-cavan-gaels-storm-to-first-cavan-senior-hurling-title/a1047166620.html|title=East Cavan Gaels storm to first Cavan senior hurling title|accessdate=6 August 2024|publisher=Irish Independent|date=4 August 2024}}