Canice Maher

Canice Maher
Personal information
Irish name Cainneach Ó Meachair
Sport Hurling
Position Left corner-forward
Born 1991
Muckalee,
County Kilkenny, Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Occupation Primary school teacher
Club(s)
Years Club
Muckalee
St Martin's
St Jude's
East Cavan Gaels
Club titles
Cavan titles 0
Colleges(s)
Years College
St Patrick's College
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles 0
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
2010-2011
2016-2017
2022-present
Kilkenny
Dublin
Cavan


13 (5-61)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
All Stars 0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 22:50, 18 May 2024.

Canice Maher (born 1991) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he plays with East Cavan Gaels and at inter-county level with the Cavan senior hurling team. Maher previously played with St Martin's and St Jude's, as well as the Kilkenny and Dublin senior hurling teams.

Career

Maher first came to hurling prominence as a member of the Castlecomer Community School team that won the Leinster Colleges Championship in 2007.[1] He simultaneously lined out with the St Martin's club at juvenile and underage levels before eventually progressing onto the club's senior team. Maher first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Kilkenny minor hurling team that beat Galway in the 2008 All-Ireland minor final before later captaining the team in his second and final season.[2]

Maher was also a member of the extended panel of the Kilkenny under-21 hurling team that lost out to Clare in the 2012 All-Ireland under-21 final, having earlier lined out for the senior team in the 2011 Walsh Cup.[3] After transferring to the St Jude's club, Maher also earned selection to the Dublin senior hurling team.[4] He later joined the East Cavan Gaels club and made his Cavan senior hurling team debut in 2022.[5] Maher was part of the East Cavan Gaels team that beat Cootehill Celtic to win the Cavan SHC title in 2024.[6]

Honours

Castlecomer Community School
East Cavan Gaels
Kilkenny
Cavan

References

  1. ^ "McGrath swings it for Castlecomer". Irish Examiner. 19 March 2007. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Danny boy on song for lucky Cats". Irish Independent. 8 September 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  3. ^ O'Flynn, Diarmuid (17 September 2012). "Dynamic duo drive Clare to glory". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  4. ^ "9 players with big points to prove in the Allianz Hurling League". The 42. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Kilkenny man Maher is now a Cavan hurling true blue". The Anglo-Celt. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  6. ^ "East Cavan Gaels storm to first Cavan senior hurling title". Irish Independent. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.