Cork's Timmy McCarthy NAME: Timmy McCarthy DATE OF BIRTH: 7-9-77 HEIGHT: 6' 1" WEIGHT: 85kg CLUB: Castlelyons COUNTY: Cork NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): Minor, Under 21, Intermediate, Munster and All-Ireland hurling medals; 2 Dean Ryans; Harty medal, Saint Colmans College, Fermoy; Cork County Senior Hurling medal with Imokilly; Cork County Junior medal and numerous east Cork medals, Castlelyons; played Minor and Under 21 football with Cork INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: Cork minor football v Limerick 1995 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Sean Og O hAilpin FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Semple Stadium, Thurles HOBBIES: Cinema, music FAVOURITE POSITION: Centre forward FAVOURITE PLAYERS: John Fenton, Thomas Mulcahy INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Castlelyons GAA club, St Colmans College, Fermoy THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Junior county hurling title with Castlelyons BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Beaten All-Ireland Colleges Final, St Colman's 1996 OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Sean O'Farrell, Austin Walsh, Derek Barrett PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Mother in law to be PET HATES: Hurlers on the ditch FAVOURITE FILM: The Rock FAVOURITE MUSIC: U2 IDEAL DATE: A girl with no brothers and a big farm HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? As a fair sportsman Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 17th April 1998 Vol 8 No 16 Tweet

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