Hugh Maloney

Irish hurler

Hugh Maloney
Personal information
Irish name Aodh Ó Maolomhnaigh
Sport Hurling
Position Left wing-back
Born (1983-07-01) 1 July 1983 (age 40)
Nenagh, County Tipperary
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Occupation Accountant
Club(s)
Years Club
Nenagh Éire Óg
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
2005-2010
Tipperary 18 (0-5)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 2 (as sub)
All-Irelands 1 (as sub)
NHL 1

Hugh Maloney (born 1 July 1983) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Nenagh Éire Óg and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team.

In 2009, he was in the team that was runners-up in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.[1]

Early life

Hugh Maloney was born in Nenagh, County Tipperary in 1983. He was educated locally and from a young age he showed a great interest in hurling. Maloney later attended the Waterford Institute of Technology. Here his hurling skills came to the fore when he won three Fitzgibbon Cup titles in 2003, 2004 and 2006 when he was joint captain.

Playing career

Club

Maloney plays his club hurling with his local Nenagh Éire Óg club. He has enjoyed much success at underage levels, beginning in the mid-1990s when he won a North Tipperary under-14 hurling medal. Maloney later won a North Tipp Junior Hurling medal in 2000 and a County Junior Hurling medal that same year. In 2001 he added a Munster Junior Club Hurling medal as well as a North Tipperary Senior Hurling medal. In 2009 he captained eire og to another north senior title. in 2013 he was an inspirational character at centre back in which his club reached a first county final in seven years but lost out by the narrowest of margins.

Inter-county

Maloney’s hurling skills were quickly spotted by the inter-county selectors and he soon joined the Tipperary minor hurling team. He won a Munster minor medal in 2001 and played at wing-back on the Tipperary team which won the Munster under-21 hurling title in 2003. Maloney later joined the Tipperary senior hurling team, making his debut in the Munster Championship against Clare. Since then he has played in two Munster finals without success.

On 5 September 2010, Maloney was a non-playing substitute as Tipperary won their 26th All Ireland title, beating reigning champions Killkenny by 4-17 to 1-18 in the final, preventing Kilkenny from achieving an historic 5-in-a-row, it was Maloney's first All-Ireland winners medal.[2]

References

  1. ^ Tipperary GAA Archives Database searchable by team, year and/or player name.
  2. ^ "Rampant Tipp deny Cats immortality". Irish Independent. 6 September 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2010.

Teams

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Tipperary - 2008 National Hurling League Champions (19th title)
Subs used
S. Callanan for O'Dwyer
J. O'Brien for Dunne
A. Byrne for Corcoran
D Hickey for Ryan
H. Maloney
Manager
L. Sheedy
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Tipperary - 2008 Munster Senior Hurling Champions (37th title)
Subs
D. Fanning for Curran
M. Webster for Kerwick
H. Maloney for Butler
B. Dunne for Woodlock
Subs not used
G. Kennedy
P. Bourke
A. Byrne
D. Egan
D. FitzGerald
P. Kelly
R. O'Dwyer
P. Ormond (Capt.)
W. Ryan
P. Stapleton
T. Stapleton
D. Gleeson
Manager
L. Sheedy
Trainer
C. O'Neill
Reference: Tipperary GAA Archives Database searchable by team, year and/or player name.
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Tipperary - 2009 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up
Subs used
19 B. Dunne for J. O'Brien
28 W. Ryan (c) for P. Kerwick
30 M. Webster for J. Woodlock
Subs not used
16 D. Gleeson
17 É. Buckley
18 J. Devane
20 D. FitzGerald
21 S. Hennessy
22 P. Kelly
23 P. Maher
24 S. Maher
25 H. Maloney
26 C. O'Brien
27 G. Ryan
29 T. Stapleton
Manager
L. Sheedy
Coach
E. O'Shea
Selector
M. Ryan
Trainer
C. O'Neill
Reference: Tipperary GAA Archives Database searchable by team, year and/or player name.
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Tipperary - 2010 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (26th title)
Subs used
23 C. O'Brien for O'Mahony
19 S. Callanan for J. O'Brien
20 B. Dunne for S. McGrath
24 S. Hennessy for B. Maher
30 D. Young for Fanning
Subs not used
16 D. Gleeson
17 P. Bourke
18 J. Brennan
21 D. Egan
22 T. Hammersley
23 M. Heffernan
25 P. Kerwick
26 S. Maher
27 H. Maloney
29 B. O'Meara
Manager
L. Sheedy
Coach
E. O'Shea
Selector
M. Ryan
Trainer
C. O'Neill
Performance coach
C. Currid
Reference: Tipperary GAA Archives Database searchable by team, year and/or player name.