Steve Mahon

For the West Indian cricketer, see Steve Mahon (cricketer).

Steve Mahon
Personal information
Irish name	Stiofán Mathúin
Sport	Hurling
Position	Midfield
Born	(1957-12-06) 6 December 1957 Kilbeacanty, County Galway, Ireland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Occupation	Builder
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Kilbeacanty
Club titles
Galway titles	0
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1978-1988	Galway	22 (1-18)
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands	2
NHL	1
All Stars	2
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 21:58, 3 February 2013.

Steve Mahon (born 6 December 1957) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a midfielder for the Galway senior team.^[1]^[2]

Born in Kilbeacanty, County Galway, Mahon first excelled at hurling whilst at Ballyturn National School. He made his first impression on the inter-county scene when he joined the Galway under-21 team. He made his senior debut during the 1978-79 National Hurling League. Mahon went on to play a key role for Galway for almost a decade, and won two All-Ireland medals on the field of play and one National Hurling League medal. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on four occasions.

As a member of the Connacht inter-provincial team at various times throughout his career, Mahon won five Railway Cup medals. At club level he is a one-time intermediate championship medallist with Kilbeacanty.

Throughout his career Mahon made 22 championship appearances for Galway. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1988 championship.

Honours

Player

Kilbeacanty

Galway Intermediate Hurling Championship (1): 1978
Galway Junior C Hurling Championship (1): 1997

Galway

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1980, 1987
National Hurling League (2): 1986-87
All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 1978

Connacht

Railway Cup (4): 1980, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987

Individual

Awards

All-Star (2): 1981, 1987

References

↑ "Steve Mahon". Hurling Stats website. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
↑ "The men who changed the face of Galway hurling". Irish Independent. 7 September 2005. Retrieved 27 January 2014.

Steve Mahon navigation boxes

Galway – 1979 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 S. Shinnors 2 N. McInerney 3 C. Hayes 4 A. Fenton 5 J. McDonagh (c) 6 S. Silke 7 I. Clarke 8 John Connolly 9 S. Mahon 10 B. Forde 11 F. Burke 12 Joe Connolly 13 P. J. Molloy 14 N. Lane 15 F. Gantley Subs used S. Linnane for B. Forde M. Whelan for F. Burke Manager M. Keating

Galway – 1980 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (2nd title)

1 M. Conneely 2 C. Hayes 3 N. McInerney 4 J. Cooney 5 S. Linnane 6 S. Silke 7 S. Coen 8 M. Connolly 9 S. Mahon 10 F. Burke 11 Joe Connolly (c) 12 P. J. Molloy 13 B. Forde 14 John Connolly 15 N. Lane Subs used 19 F. Gantley for M. Connolly 20 J. Ryan for P. J. Molloy Subs not used 16 M. King 17 J. McDonagh 18 G. Glynn 21 P. Connolly 22 M. Mulkerrins Manager C. Farrell

Galway – 1981 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 M. Conneely 2 S. Coen 3 N. McInerney 4 J. Cooney 5 S. Linnane 6 S. Silke (c) 7 I. Clarke 8 M. Connolly 9 S. Mahon 10 F. Gantley 11 Joe Connolly 12 P. J. Molloy 13 B. Forde 14 John Connolly 15 N. Lane Subs used 21 F. Burke for F. Gantley 17 P. Ryan B. Forde Subs not used 16 M. King 19 B. Lynskey 19 J. Ryan 20 P. Piggott Manager J. McDonagh

Galway – 1985 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

Subs used: 19 J. Murphy for M. McGrath; 20 A. Cunningham for B. Forde; 21 M. Haverty for M. Connolly

Subs not used: 16 J. Commins; 17 S. Treacy; 18 G. McInerney; 22 M. Mooney; 23 P. Malone; 24 T. Monaghan

Manager: C. Farrell

Galway – 1986 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

Subs used: 22 P. J. Molloy for P. Piggott; 21 M. Connolly for S. Mahon; 16 P. Murphy for A. Cunningham

Subs not used: 17 P. Dervan; 18 S. Coen; 19 M. Coleman; 20 G. Burke

Manager: C. Farrell

Galway – 1987 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (3rd title)

Subs used: N. Lane for M. Naughton; T. Kilkenny for M. McGrath; P. J. Molloy for A. Cunningham

Subs not used: P. Murphy; M. Earls; P. Piggott; P. Nolan

Manager: C. Farrell

Selectors: B. O'Connor; P. Murphy

1981 All-Star Hurling Team

1 S. Durack 2 B. Murphy 3 L. Enright 4 J. Cooney 5 L. O'Donoghue 6 S. Stack 7 G. Coughlan 8 S. Mahon 9 L. Currams 10 J. Callinan 11 G. O'Connor 12 M. Corrigan 13 P. Carroll 14 J. McKenna 15 J. Flaherty

1987 All-Star Hurling Team

1 K. Hogan 2 J. Hennessy 3 C. Hayes 4 O. Kilkenny 5 P. Finnerty 6 G. Henderson 7 J. Conran 8 S. Mahon 9 J. Fenton 10 M. McGrath 11 J. Cooney 12 A. Ryan 13 P. Fox 14 N. English 15 L. Fennelly

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