Frank McGrath (hurler)

Frank McGarth
Personal information
Irish name	Prionsias Mac Craith
Sport	Hurling
Born	1887 Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland
Occupation	Grocery shop assistant
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Nenagh Éire Óg
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1913-1914	Tipperary
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	1
All-Irelands	0

Frank McGrath (born 1887) was an Irish hurler and manager who played for the Tipperary senior team.

McGrath made his first appearance for the team during the 1913 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen for just two seasons until he left the panel after the 1914 championship. During that time he won one Munster medal.^[1] McGrath was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.

At club level McGrath played with Nenagh Éire Óg.

In retirement from playing McGrath became involved in team management. He served as manager and selector for Tipperary's All-Ireland winning campaigns in 1925 and 1937.

References

↑ "Senior Hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 2014-01-08.

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Tipperary - 1913 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Runners-up

P. Meagher (c) J. O'Meara F. McGrath S. Hackett B. Mockler J. Raleigh T. Gleeson J. Harty N. Gilmartin N. Cawley P. Brolan H. Shelly J. Murphy W. Kelly E. O'Keeffe Sub used J. McKenna for W. Kelly

Reference: Tipperary GAA Archives Database searchable by team, year and/or player name.

Tipperary - 1925 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (10th title)

1 A. O'Donnell 2 M. Darcy 3 M. Mockler 4 J.J. Hayes 5 M. Kennedy 6 S. Hackett 7 J. Power 8 P. Leahy 9 J. Leahy (c) 10 T. Duffy 11 J. Darcy 12 P. Cahill 13 B. Ryan 14 P. O'Dwyer 15 P. Power Sub used: 17 S. Kenny for M. Mockler Subs not used: 16 B. Quinn 18 J. Kennedy 19 P. Kennedy 20 R. Nealon Manager: F. McGrath Trainer: T. Crowe Secretary: P. Meagher

Reference: Tipperary GAA Archives Database searchable by team, year and/or player name.

Tipperary - 1937 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (12th title)

1 T. Butler 2 D. O'Gorman 3 G. Cornally 4 J. Ryan 5 J. Lanigan (c) 6 J. Maher 7 W. Wall 8 J. Cooney 9 J. Gleeson 10 J. Coffey 11 T. Doyle 12 B. O'Donnell 13 T. Treacy 14 D. Murphy 15 P. Ryan Subs used D. Mackey for J. Gleeson T. Kennedy for W. Wall Subs not used P. Ryan M. Maher P. Purcell P. Maher J. Barry G. Doyle Selectors F. McGrath T. Semple J. Maher D. Max J. O'Loughlin B. Leahy J. Leahy

Reference: Tipperary GAA Archives Database searchable by team, year and/or player name.

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