Ger O'Meara
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Gearóid Ó Meára | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Right Corner Back | ||
Born |
1985 (age 30–31) Dublin, Republic of Ireland | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
O'Tooles | |||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
Dublin | |||
Inter-county titles | |||
NHL | 1 |
Ger O'Meara is an inter-county hurler and Gaelic footballer for Dublin born in 1985. He plays his club hurling for O'Tooles and plays at corner back. He received a Dublin Hurling Blue Star award for his performances for O'Tooles in 2004. O'Meara had previously opted out of the Dublin Senior Hurling squad due to a call up to Senior football panel by Paul Caffrey, although he made his return to play for Dublins hurling team for the All-Ireland Group B clash against Offaly in 2006. Ger played a valuable part in Dublins hurling relegation clash with Westmeath which retained Dublins Liam McCarthy Cup status for 2007. Ger played in the 2006 Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship final for Dublin finishing on the losing team against Kilkenny in Nowlan Park.
O'Meara won a 2006 Dublin Senior Hurling League medal for O'Tooles.[1] Ger was previously a Dublin Minor Captain and has won one Leinster Minor Football Cup medal with Dublin in 2003. O'Meara has also won one Senior Hurling Championship, one Under-21 Division 1 Football League, one Under-21 Division 1 Hurling League, one Under-21 Hurling Championship and one Bluestar for his club O'Tooles in 2004.[2]