Denis Maher (born 9 July 1991) is an Irish hurler. He plays

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with his local club

Thurles Sarsfields Thurles Sarsfields is a Tipperary GAA club which is located in County Tipperary, Ireland. Both hurling and Gaelic football are played in the "Mid-Tipperary" divisional competitions. The club is centred in the town of Thurles at Semple Stadium. T ...

and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team since

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. He played Minor Hurling for Tipperary in 2008 and 2009 and was a member of the Under-21 team in 2010, 2011 and 2012 winning a Munster and all Ireland final in 2010. In February 2014, Maher scored 2–2 against

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in the

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final as Tipperary won by 14 points. Maher made his championship debut for Tipperary on 1 June 2014 in the Munster Championship against

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, coming on in the 62nd minute and scoring a point in a 2–18 to 2–16 defeat.

Honours

Thurles Sarsfields

Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship The Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the FBD Insurance Tipperary County Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Tipperary GAA, Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Ath ...

(7):2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 *

Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship The Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Munster GAA Hurling Senior Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Munster GAA, Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Associatio ...

(1): 2012

Tipperary

Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship The Munster GAA Hurling Under-20 Championship, known simply as the Munster Under-20 Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-c ...

**Runners Up (2): 2012 *

References

External links

Tipperary GAA Player Profile
Tipperary inter-county hurlers Thurles Sarsfields hurlers Living people 1991 births 21st-century Irish sportsmen {{Tipperary-hurling-bio-stub