Séamus Butler

Infobox GAA player
code= Hurling
sport = Hurling


name = Séamus Butler
irish = Séamus de Buitléir
fullname = Séamus Butler
placeofbirth = Drom
countryofbirth = County Tipperary
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nickname =
county = Tipperary
province = Munster
club = Drom-Inch
clposition = Forward
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clallireland =
counties = Tipperary
icposition = Forward
icyears = 2004-
icapps(points) = 14 (2-14)
icprovince = 1
icallireland = 0
nhl = 1
clupdate =
icupdate = Séamus Butler (born 1980 in Drom, County Tipperary) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Drom-Inch and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team.

Early life

Seamus "Three bottles" Butler was born just outside Nenagh, County Tipperary in 1980. He was born into a family that had a strong association with the game of hurling. His father, Tommy Butler, played with Tipperary in the 1970s and collected an All-Star award in 1978. Seamus Butler was educated locally and later attended the Tipperary Institute where he collected a Ryan Cup medal in 2003.

Playing career

Club

Butler plays his club hurling with his local Drom-Inch club and has enjoyed much success. At underage levels he has won a county minor medal and two county under-21 titles. In 2005 Drom-Inch took on Thurles Sarsfields in the senior county final. In spite of losing the game Butler scored 11 points in that game. In 2006 & 2008 Butler won Mid-Tipperary Senior hurling titles with the club.

Inter-county

Butler first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Tipperary minor hurling team in the late 1990s. He won a Munster medal in this grade as a substitute in 1997, however, there was no further success in the All-Ireland series. Four years later in 2001 Butler was captain of the Tipperary under-21 team that lost the Munster final to Limerick. The following year Butler made his senior competitive debut in a National Hurling League game against Cork. It would be 2004, however, before Butler made his senior championship debut against Waterford. A new manager in 2008 saw an upturn in fortunes and Butler collected National Hurling League and Munster Senior Hurling Championship medals that year.

Teams

External links

* [http://www.tipperary.gaa.ie/seniorhurlingplayerprofiles.html Tipperary Player Profiles]