Code: | Football |
Sport: | Gaelic football |
Colm O'Flaherty | |
Irish: | Colm Ó Flatharta |
County: | Galway |
Province: | Munster |
Club: | Cahir Fr. Griffin's |
Clcounty: | 1 |
Counties: | Tipperary |
Icyears: | 1970-1980 |
Icprovince: | 0 |
Icallireland: | 0 |
Nfl: | 0 |
Allstars: | 0 |
Icupdate: | 13:28, 1 August 2015 |
Birth Date: | 1950 |
Birth Place: | Cahir, County Tipperary, Ireland |
Colm O'Flaherty (born 1950) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played for the Tipperary and Leitrim senior teams.
Born in Cahir, County Tipperary, O'Flaherty first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of fifteen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor team before later joining the under-21 side. He joined the Tipperary senior panel during the 1970 championship. O'Flaherty subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen.
At club level O'Flaherty is a one-time championship medallist with Fr. Griffin's. He played the majority of his club football with Cahir.
O'Flaherty retired from inter-county football following the conclusion of the 1980 championship.
In retirement from playing O'Flaherty became involved in team management and coaching. He has served as a selector, coach and manager with the Tipperary minor, under-21 and senior teams in both Gaelic football and hurling.[1] [2]