Craig Leahy (born 1 September 1989) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with Sarsfields and at inter-county level he has played at various levels with

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Career

Leahy was a "late starter" to hurling and only started playing at the age of 12. He played as a student at

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and lined out in all grades during his time there. Leahy later studied at

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and played in the

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. At club level, Leahy first played for Sarsfields at juvenile and underage levels. He won a Cork Premier MHC medal in 2007 before making his senior team debut a year later. Leahy won his first Cork SHC medal in 2008 before claiming further winners' medals in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2023. He added a Munster Club SHC medal to his collection in 2024. Leahy first appeared on the inter-county scene for

as a substitute on the minor team beaten by Tipperary in the 2007 All-Ireland minor final. He earned a call-up to the

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in 2009, at a time when the majority of the team's regular players were

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. Leahy lined out in Cork's first three

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games before the strike ended.

Honours

;Sarsfields *

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2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship The Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-Op Superstores Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Cork PSHC) is an annual club hurling competition organised by the Cork GAA, Cork ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

*Cork Premier Minor Hurling Championship: 2007

References

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