Code: | Hurling |
Sport: | Hurling |
Maurice O'Shea | |
Irish: | Muiris Ó Sé |
Fullname: | Maurice O'Shea |
Occupation: | Horse dealer |
County: | Cork |
Province: | Munster |
Club: | Dungourney |
Clposition: | Forward |
Clubs: | Dungourney |
Clcounty: | 3 |
Counties: | Cork |
Icposition: | Forward |
Icyears: | 1902-1909 |
Icapps(Points): | 8 |
Icprovince: | 0 |
Icallireland: | 1 |
Birth Date: | 1879 12, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Dungourney, County Cork, Ireland |
Death Place: | Lough Carrig Bay, County Cork, Ireland |
Maurice O'Shea (27 December 1879 – 14 August 1911) was an Irish hurler who played as a forward with the Cork senior hurling team. He was an All-Ireland Championship winner in 1902.
O'Shea began his hurling career at club level with Dungourney in East Cork. He played at a time when the club enjoyed its most successful era ever and won Cork Senior Championship titles in 1902, 1907 and 1909.
At inter-county level, O'Shea first played for the Cork senior hurling team on 9 August 1903 in what was the delayed 1902 championship. After missing Cork's Munster Championship triumph, he later won an All-Ireland Championship medal after a 3-13 to no score defeat of London at the Cork Athletic Grounds. O'Shea later lined with Cork on a number of occasions before playing his last game on 29 August 1909.
O'Shea died in a drowning accident at Lough Carrig Bay in Cork Harbour on 14 August 1911.[1]