Brendan Maher

Brendan Maher is an Irish hurler, born in January 1989, who plays club hurling for Borris-Ileigh and played at inter-county level with the Tipperary senior hurling team for thirteen seasons. He is regarded as one of the great talents of his generation, won three All-Stars and was a Hurler of the Year nominee in 2010. For Tipperary he won eight major trophies, made up of three All-Ireland Championships, with the captaincy of the team in 2016, and five Munster Championships. A versatile player who moved between attacking and defensive positions, he made a combined 124 league and championship appearances. He first came to prominence with St Joseph's College in Borrisoleigh, where he played in every grade and in several Harty Cup campaigns, and he studied at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick between 2006 and 2009, joining the senior hurling team there in his second year.