| Code: | Hurling |
| Stephen Lucey | |
| Irish: | Stiofán Ó Luasaigh |
| Fullname: | Stephen Lucey |
| Birth Place: | Croom, County Limerick |
| Feet: | 6 |
| Inches: | 2 |
| County: | Limerick |
| Province: | Munster |
| Club: | Croom |
| Clpositionh: | Full-back |
| Clpositionf: | Centre-back |
| Clubs: | Croom |
| Clyears: | 1998-present |
| Clcountyh: | 0 |
| Clcountyf: | 1 (UCD) |
| Counties: | Limerick (H) Limerick (F) |
| Icpositionh: | Full-back |
| Icpositionf: | Centre-back |
| Icyears: | 1999-2009-2011-2015 2000-2015 |
| Icprovincef: | 1 |
| Icprovinceh: | 2 |
| Icallirelandh: | 2 |
| Icallirelandf: | 0 |
| Allstarsf: | 0 |
| Allstarsh: | 0 |
| Nhl: | 1 |
| Nfl: | 1 |
| Birth Date: | 4 January 1980 |
Stephen Lucey (born 4 January 1980 in Croom, County Limerick) is a former Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Croom[1] and was with the Limerick senior inter-county team. He also played football with Limerick.[2]
Lucey plays hurling with his local Croom club and has enjoyed some success. He also played with UCD during his college days.
Lucey first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Limerick under-21 team. He won a Munster title at this level in 2000 before later collecting an All-Ireland medal following a victory over Galway. The following year Lucey won a second set of Munster and All-Ireland under-21 honours, as Limerick completed the second leg of a three-in-a-row. By this stage he had already joined the county senior team, however, Limerick's hurling fortunes were about to take a dramatic downturn. Following the county's victory over Cork in the Munster Championship in 2001 Limerick failed to win a game in the province until their 2007 Munster semi-final victory over Tipperary. This was achieved following a three-game saga, however, Lucey's side later lost the Munster final to Waterford. Limerick later gained revenge by defeating 'the Decies' in the subsequent All-Ireland semi-final, setting up an All-Ireland final meeting with Kilkenny on 2 September 2007. In 2009 Lucey, along with 11 others, was dropped from the hurling squad thus ending his 9-year career.In early 2011 Lucey was recalled to the hurling panel after new Dónal O'Grady was appointed as manager.
Lucey won a Munster Under-21 Football Championship in 2000 [3] and played in the All Ireland final only to lose out to Tyrone in the final. He won 2 Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship in 2000 and 2001.[4] He played in two Munster Senior Football Championship final only to lose out to Kerry both times. He made a return to the football panel in 2009 and played in another Munster Senior Football Championship final but lost out to Cork by a point. The following year Lucey's bad luck went on as Limerick were once again beaten this time by Kerry in the Munster Final.
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