Tommy McCarthy (hurler)

Thomas Patrick McCarthy (August 1905 – June 1968) was an Irish hurler who played as a centre-forward for the Limerick senior team.^[1]

Tommy McCarthy

Personal information
Irish name	Tomás Mac Cárthaigh
Sport	Hurling
Position	Full-back
Born	10 August 1905 Kilfinane, County Limerick, Ireland
Died	June 1968 (aged 62) New York City, United States
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Kilfinane Fedamore
Club titles
Limerick titles	0
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1927-1938	Limerick
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	4
All-Irelands	2
NHL	4

McCarthy was born on 10 August 1905 in Kilfinane, County Limerick, to Thomas McCarthy and Nora Fitzgerald.^[2] His great uncle was Irish Nationalist James Gubbins Fitzgerald.

McCarthy first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-one when he first linked up with the Limerick senior team. He made his debut in the 1927-28 Thomond Feis. McCarthy went on to play a key part for Limerick during a golden age for the team, and won two All-Ireland medals, four Munster medals and four National Hurling League medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.

McCarthy represented the Munster inter-provincial team at various times during his career, winning three Railway Cup medals. At club level he won fifteen championship medals with Ahane.