Eoin McGrath
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Eoin Mac Craith | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left corner-forward | ||
| Born |
2 November 1980 Waterford, Ireland |
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| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Nickname | Mac, Spanky | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1998–present | Mount Sion | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Waterford titles | 6 | ||
| Munster titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 2001–2012 | Waterford | 43 (2–34) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 4 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 11:45, 4 August 2012. | |||
Eoin McGrath (born 2 November 1980) is an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-forward for the Waterford senior team. He joined the team in 2002 and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement in 2012.
Son of former hurler Pat and younger brother of current selector Ken, McGrath was a stalwart on the Waterford team for a decade. He has won four Munster winners' medals and one National League winners' medal. He ended up as an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
At club level McGrath is a Munster medalist with Mount Sion. In addition to this he has also won six county club championship medals.
McGrath plays his club hurling with the Mount Sion club in Waterford city and has enjoyed much success.
In 1998 McGrath was still a minor when he won his first county club championship medal following a 3–19 to 0–10 trouncing of Ballyduff Upper.
After surrendering their title to Ballygunner in 1999, Mount Sion were back the following year to exact revenge. A 1–20 to 0–9 defeat of Ballygunner gave McGrath a second county championship medal.
Mount Sion surrendered their club title in 2001, however, McGrath's side were back in the final again in 2002. A 1–19 to 2–14 defeat of Ballygunner secured the championship once again. It was the first of three county final victories in-a-row over Ballygunner.
In 2002 McGrath won a Munster club medal as Mount Sion defeated Sixmilebridge to take the title. The club was defeated in the subsequent All-Ireland semi-final.
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