Code: | Hurling |
Sport: | Hurling |
Thomas Costello | |
Irish: | Tomás Mac Coisteala |
Feet: | 6 |
Inches: | 0 |
County: | Tipperary |
Province: | Munster |
Club: | Cappawhite |
Clposition: | Corner-back |
Clcounty: | 0 |
Counties: | Tipperary |
Icposition: | Left corner-back |
Icyears: | 2001-2004 |
Icapps(Points): | 17 (0-00) |
Icprovince: | 1 |
Icallireland: | 1 |
Nhl: | 1 Railway Cup= 1(2001) |
Icupdate: | 16:47, 1 April 2015 |
Birth Date: | 1978 |
Birth Place: | Cappawhite, County Tipperary, Ireland |
Thomas Costello (born 1978) is an Irish hurler who played as a right corner-back for the Tipperary senior team.[1]
Born in Cappawhite, County Tipperary, Thomas Costello first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor team, before later joining the under-21 side. He made his senior debut during the 2001 league. Costello went on to become a regular member of the team over the next few years, and won one All-Ireland medal, one Munster medal and one National Hurling League medal.
At club level Costello is a three-time divisional medallist with Cappawhite. Captain U21 team to County A title in 1999.
Throughout his career Costello made 17 championship appearances. He retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 2004 championship.