Noel McGrath (hurler)

Noel McGrath is an Irish hurler from County Tipperary, born on 17 December 1990. He plays club hurling and football for Loughmore-Castleiney and represents Tipperary at senior inter-county level, usually lining out at midfield. After a schools career with Our Lady's Secondary School in Templemore and his studies at University College Dublin, where he captained the university hurling team for two years, he joined the Tipperary senior panel in early 2009. In his debut season he was named at right corner-forward on the All-Star team and was also named Young Hurler of the Year. He has won All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship medals in 2010, 2016, 2019 and 2025, four Munster titles, and a Railway Cup medal with Munster. He returned to the Tipperary panel in 2015 after surgery for testicular cancer and was named county captain for 2023. His father Pat won an All-Ireland with Tipperary in 1989, and his brothers John and Brian have also played for the county.