Tadhg O'Connor

Tadhg O'Connor, born in 1948 in Roscrea, County Tipperary, is an Irish former hurling manager and former player who played as a right wing-back for the Tipperary senior team. He developed his skills at Roscrea CBS and with the Roscrea club, with whom he won an All-Ireland medal with the senior team, two Munster medals and six championship medals. He joined the Tipperary minor team at seventeen, won an All-Ireland medal with the under-21 team, and joined the extended senior panel during the 1968 championship. He played a key role in the half-back line, winning one All-Ireland medal, one Munster medal and one National Hurling League medal, and captained Tipperary to All-Ireland victory in 1971. With Munster he won two Railway Cup medals, made 23 championship appearances and retired after the 1982 championship.