Charlie McCarthy (hurler)

Charlie McCarthy, born in 1946 in Tower Street, Cork, is an Irish former hurler who played as a left corner-forward at senior level for the Cork county team. He first played competitive hurling at Sullivan's Quay CBS, joined the Cork minor teams at sixteen as a dual player and then the under-21 side, and made his senior debut in the 1965 championship. A regular in the starting fifteen, he won five All-Ireland medals, nine Munster medals and four National Hurling League medals, was an All-Ireland runner-up twice and captained Cork to the All-Ireland title in 1978. He won one Railway Cup medal with Munster and two All-Ireland club medals with St Finbarr's after beginning with Redmonds. His career tally of 24 goals and 149 points ranks him as Cork's fifth highest championship scorer of all time, from 45 championship appearances before his retirement after the 1980 championship.