Gary Hanniffy
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Gearóid Ó hAinfidh | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Centre-forward | ||
| Born |
4 April 1977 Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland |
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| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Occupation | Business Development Director | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Birr | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Offaly titles | 11 | ||
| Leinster titles | 6 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 4 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1997–2008 | Offaly | 43 (3–40) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Gary Hanniffy (born 4 April 1977) is an Irish hurler who played as a centre-forward for the Offaly senior hurling team.
Hanniffy made his first appearance for the team during the 1997 National League and subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement prior to the 2008 championship. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal and one National Hurling League (Division 2) medal. Hanniffy was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
At club level Hanniffy is a four-time All-Ireland medalist with Birr. In addition to this he has also won six Leinster medals and eleven county club championship medals.
Hanniffy's father, Declan and his brothers, Darren and Rory, also played hurling with Offaly.
Hanniffy plays his club hurling with Birr and has enjoyed much success during a lengthy career.
He was still a minor when he joined the club's senior team in 1994. That year he was a non-playing substitute when Birr made a clean-sweep of county, Leinster and All-Ireland titles.
By 1997 Hanniffy was a regular member of the starting fifteen. That year he won his first county championship medal following a 0–14 to 2–4 defeat of Seir Kieran. He later added a Leinster medal to his collection following an 0–11 to 0–5 defeat of Castletown. The subsequent All-Ireland final saw Birr take on Sarsfield's of Galway. Darren Hanniffy scored the only goal of the game after just five minutes and gave Birr a lead that they would never surrender. A 1–13 to 0–9 victory gave Hanniffy his first All-Ireland medal.
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