Mark O'Leary (hurler)

Mark O'Leary

Personal information
Sport	Hurling
Position	Half-forward, Midfield
Born	Kilruane, County Tipperary
Height	6'
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Kilruane McDonaghs
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2000-2005	Tipperary
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	1
All Irelands	1
NHL	2
All Stars	1

Mark O'Leary is an Irish sportsman. He plays hurling with his local club Kilruane McDonaghs and previously with the Tipperary senior inter-county team.

Playing career

Club

O'Leary plays his club hurling with his native Kilruane McDonaghs.

Inter-county

O'Leary represented Tipperary at minor and U21 level, graduating to the senior squad in late 1998. He won a National League medal as a substitute with Tipperary in 1999.^[1] and made his senior championship debut the following year against Waterford.

In 2001, he was a member of the Tipperary team that won the National League, the Munster Championship and the All-Ireland Championship.^{[2] [3] [4]}

In the 2001 All-Ireland Final he scored two goals and a point in a 2-18 to 2-15 win against Galway.^[5]

He also won an All-Star award in 2001.^[6]

References

1. ^ "Kilruane MacDonaghs Roll of Honour". Kilruanemacdonaghs.com. http://www.kilruanemacdonaghs.com/honours.php. Retrieved 2009-11-17. 
2. ^ "Tipp defeat Clare as Cummins stars". RTÉ Sport. 2001-05-06. http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2001/0506/tipperary.html. Retrieved 2009-11-17. 
3. ^ "Tipperary steal victory in Munster Final". RTÉ Sport. 2001-07-01. http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2001/0701/tipperary.html. Retrieved 2009-11-17. 
4. ^ "Tipp win All Ireland final". RTÉ Sport. 2001-09-09. http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2001/0909/hurling.html. Retrieved 2009-11-17. 
5. ^ "Tipp tops as Galway rue poor finishing". Irish Examiner. 2001-09-10. http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2001/09/10/story12414.asp. Retrieved 2009-11-17. 
6. ^ "2001 Hurling All Stars". RTÉ Sport. http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/hurlingallstars.html. Retrieved 2009-11-17. 

Sporting positions
Preceded by Declan Ryan	Tipperary Minor Hurling Manager 2009-	Succeeded by Incumbent

Teams

Persondata
Name	Oleary, Mark
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth
Place of birth	Kilruane
Date of death
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