Séamus McCarthy

Séamus McCarthy

Personal information
Irish name	Séamus Mac Cárthaigh
Sport	Gaelic football
Born	1954 Bansha, County Tipperary, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Galtee Rovers
Club titles
Tipperary titles	3
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1974-1982	Tipperary
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	0
All-Irelands	0
NFL	0
All Stars	0

Séamus McCarthy (born 1954) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for the Tipperary senior team.

Born in Bansha, County Tipperary, McCarthy first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor team in 1972 before later joining the under-21 side in 1974 and 1975. He joined the senior panel during the 1974 championship. McCarthy subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen.

At club level McCarthy is a three-time championship medallist with Galtee Rovers.

McCarthy retired from inter-county football following the conclusion of the 1982 championship.

In retirement from playing McCarthy became involved in team management and coaching. He has served as manager and selector with the Tipperary minor, under-21, junior and senior teams.

Honours

Player

Galtee Rovers

• Tipperary Senior Football Championship (3): 1976, 1980, 1981
• Tipperary Under 21 Championship (1): 1975

Manager

Tipperary

• Tipperary- Munster Minor Football Champions : 1984
• Tipperary- All Ireland 'B' Senior Football Champions: 1995
• Tipperary- Munster and All Ireland Junior Football Champions: 1998
• Tipperary- Tommy Murphy Cup Senior Football Champions: 2005

Munster

• Munster- Railway Cup Champions: 1999

Ireland

• Ireland- International Rules Selector: 2013, 2014