Eamon O'Shea

Dr Eamon O'Shea (born 1958) is an Irish former hurler who played as a right wing-forward at senior level for the Tipperary and Dublin county teams, and later became a coach and manager. He began his senior career during the 1979 championship and was a regular player on the inter-county scene until his retirement after the 1986 championship, winning one National Hurling League medal, having earlier won All-Ireland minor and under-21 medals with Tipperary. At club level he won an All-Ireland club medal with Kilruane MacDonagh's, along with one Munster medal and four county championship medals. He coached Tipperary under Liam Sheedy to the 2010 All-Ireland title, was appointed manager of the Tipperary senior team in 2012 and led it to the 2014 All-Ireland final, which Kilkenny won after a replay, and he is based in Galway.