Rory McCarthy

Background

Rory McCarthy was born near Murrintown, County Wexford in 1975.

Education

He was educated locally in Murrintown North.S. and from an early age he showed great skill at Gaelic games.

Career

He played hurling with his local club Saint Martin"s and with the Wexford senior inter-county team He played in the half-back line. McCarthy later attended Saint Peter’s College, a virtual academy for young hurling and football talent.

While his early successes were in the game of football it would be as a hurler that he would have much more success.

Rory now works in Gorey Community School as a maths and Physical Education teacher. Club

McCarthy plays his club hurling and football with his local Saint Martin"s club

Achievements

• Here he won a Leinster Colleges’ medal in football at both senior and junior levels, an All-Ireland Colleges medal in football in 1993. He has enjoyed some success at underage levels and in 1999 he won his first, county championship medal. He later went on to win another in 2008.