Séamus Callanan
Séamus Callanan
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| Personal information | |||
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| Irish name | Séamus Ó Callanáin | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Full-forward | ||
| Born |
15 September 1988 Drom/Inch, Ireland |
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| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Nickname | Séamie | ||
| Occupation | Sales Representative | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 2005– | Drom-Inch | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Tipperary titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 2008–present | Tipperary | 40 (24–158) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 6 | ||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
| NHL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 3 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 18:02, 4 September 2016. | |||
Séamus Callanan (born 15 September 1988) is an Irish hurler who currently plays as a full-forward for the Tipperary senior team.
Callanan made his first appearance for the team during the 2008 National League and immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen. Since then he has won two All-Ireland medals, five Munster medals and one National Hurling League medal. He was also on the Tipperary championship panel that were All-Ireland runners-up on three occasions.
At club level Callanan is a one-time county club championship medalist with Drom-Inch.
Callanan plays his club hurling with Drom-Inch and has enjoyed some success.
In 2011 Callanan was captain of the club senior team as Drom-Inch reached the championship decider. Clonoulty-Rossmore provided th opposition on that occasion, however, Drom-Inch claimed their first county club championship following a 1–19 to 2–14 victory.
Callanan first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Tipperary minor hurling team. He enjoyed much success in this grade as Tipperary reached the All-Ireland decider via the "back-door" in 2006. Three-in-a-row hopefuls Galway provided the opposition, however, Tipp powered to 2–18 to 2–7 victory. It was Callanan's sole All-Ireland medal in that grade.
Callanan subsequently joined the Tipperary under-21 team. He won a Munster medal in this grade in 2008 following a controversial one-point defeat of Clare. Tipp later reached the All-Ireland, however, Callanan's side were defeated by Kilkenny.
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