Seán McCarthy (hurler)

Seán McCarthy, born on 8 February 1966 in Ballinhassig, County Cork, is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right wing-back for the Cork senior team. He came from a sporting family that included his brothers Damien, Denis and Drew and his sister Marion, who played for Cork camogie. He joined the Cork minor team at eighteen and later the under-21 and junior sides, made his senior debut during the 1986 to 87 league and became a regular in the starting fifteen, winning one All-Ireland medal, two Munster medals and one National Hurling League medal, with one All-Ireland runner-up finish. He never won a Railway Cup medal with Munster, played at club level with Ballinhassig and the divisional side Carrigdhoun, made 16 championship appearances and retired after the 1996 championship.