Anthony O'Riordan
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| Born | 1966 (age 59–60) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anthony O'Riordan (born 1966) is an Irish hurling coach and former player. At club level, he played with Bruff and at inter-county level with the Limerick senior hurling team.
Playing career
[edit]O'Riordan first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Bruff club. He was part of the club's minor team that beat Claughaun by 1-07 to 1-06 to claim the Limerick MHC title in 1983.[1] O'Riordan later progressed to adult level as a dual player. He won a Limerick JAFC medal in 1987 when Bruff beat St Patrick's by seven points in the final.[2]
At inter-county level, O'Riordan first played for Limerick as captain of the minor team that beat Kilkenny to win the All-Ireland MHC title in 1984.[3] He progressed to the under-21 team and won consecutive Munster U21HC titles, before claiming an All-Ireland U21HC medal after a 2-15 to 3-06 win over Galway in the 1987 final.[4]
O'Riordan joined the senior team during the 1987–88 National League. He was part of Limerick's National Hurling League-winning season in 1992, however, he missed the semi-final and final as he was on his honeymoon.[5][6]
Management career
[edit]O'Riordan was a selector during Richie Bennis's term as manager of the Limerick senior team.[7] His tenure included Limerick's 2-17 to 1-15 defeat by Kilkenny in the 2007 All-Ireland final. O'Riordan later served as a selector with the intermediate team under Leo O'Connor.[8]
Honours
[edit]- Bruff
- Limerick Junior A Football Championship: 1987
- Limerick Minor Hurling Championship: 1983
- Limerick
References
[edit]- ↑ "Bruff champs after 42 years". Limerick Leader. 17 September 1983. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ↑ "Bruff tops in dull tie". Limerick Leader. 7 November 1987. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ↑ "Limerick's last All-Ireland minor hurling title - 1984". Limerick Leader. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ↑ "Limerick's first All Ireland U-21 hurling title in 1987". Limerick Leader. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ↑ "Coming back from the dead is nothing new to Limerick". Irish Independent. 30 June 2001. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ↑ "Riordan could be asked to fly home". Limerick Leader. 4 May 1992. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ↑ "Bennis goes full-time with Limerick". Irish Examiner. 13 February 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ↑ "Six from senior panel bolster Limerick intermediate team". Limerick Live. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
