Seánie O'Leary
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| Personal information | |||
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| Irish name | Seán Ó Laoire | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left corner-forward | ||
| Born |
25 February 1952 Youghal, County Cork, Ireland |
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| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Occupation | Agricultural finance manager | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Youghal | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1971–1984 | Cork | 36 (30–33) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 9 | ||
| All-Irelands | 4 | ||
| NHL | 4 | ||
| All Stars | 3 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 17:11, 20 December 2014. | |||
Seánie O'Leary (born 25 February 1952) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a left corner-forward for the Cork senior team.
Born in Youghal, County Cork, O'Leary first played competitive hurling whilst at school at St. Colman's College. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team, before later joining the under-21 side. He made his senior debut during the 1971 championship. O'Leary went on to play a key part for Cork, and won four All-Ireland medals, nine Munster medals and four National Hurling League medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on three occasions.
O'Leary was a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, however, he ended his career without a Railway Cup medal. At club level he is an intermediate championship medallist with Youghal.
His grandfather, Tom Mahony, was also an All-Ireland medallist with Cork, while his son, Tomás, was an All-Ireland minor-winning captain who currently plays rugby with London Irish.
Throughout his career O'Leary made 36 championship appearances. He retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1984 championship.
O'Leary is widely regarded as one of Cork's all-time greatest and most popular players. During his playing days he won three All-Star awards, while he was later chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all-time in a 2009 poll.
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