Matty Maher

{{short description|Irish hurler}}

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| sport = Hurling

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| name = Matty Maher

| irish = Maitiú Ó Meachair

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| nickname = Matty

| occupation = Mason

| county = Tipperary

| province = Munster

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| clubs = Thurles

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| counties = Tipperary

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| icyears = 1887-1894

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| birth_date = 1854

| birth_place=Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland

| death_date = 14 October 1931 (aged 77)

| death_place=Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland

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Matthew Maher (1854 – 14 October 1931) was an Irish hurler who played for the Tipperary senior team.

Maher made his first appearance for the team during the 1887 championship and was a regular member of the panel at various times until his retirement after the 1894 championship. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal.{{cite web|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Tipperary/Profile.aspx|title=Tipperary GAA profile|publisher=Hogan Stand website|accessdate=18 May 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821024353/http://www.hoganstand.com/Tipperary/Profile.aspx|archivedate=21 August 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://munster.gaa.ie/history/sh_teams/|title=Munster Senior Hurling Winners|publisher=Munster GAA website|date=|accessdate=5 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328073637/http://munster.gaa.ie/history/sh_teams/|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=dead}}

At club level, Maher was a one-time county club championship medalist with Thurles.{{fact|date=October 2021}}