Tadhg de Búrca
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Tadhg de Búrca | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Sweeper | ||
| Born |
19 September 1994 Clashmore, County Waterford, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Occupation | Student | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 2010-present | Clashmore-Kinsalebeg | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Waterford titles | 0 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| University College Cork | |||
| College titles | |||
| Fitzgibbon titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 2014-present | Waterford | 6 (0-2) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 23:08, 14 August 2017. | |||
Tadhg de Búrca (born 1994), sometimes referred to as Tadhg Bourke, is an Irish hurler who currently plays as a sweeper for the Waterford senior team.[1]
Born in Clashmore, County Waterford, de Búrca developed as a hurler during his secondary schooling at St Augustine's College in Dungarvan. Here he won a set of All-Ireland and Harty Cup medals in his final year with the school in 2012. de Búrca later attended University College Cork where he was a regular during the Fitzgibbon Cup. At club level de Búrca plays both hurling and Gaelic football with Clashmore-Kinsalebeg.
de Búrca made his debut on the inter-county scene when he was selected for the Waterford minor team in 2011. After two championship seasons with the minor team, he subsequently joined the Waterford under-21 team. By this stage de Búrca had also joined the Waterford senior team after making his debut during the 2014 league. He quickly became a regular member of the starting fifteen and has won one National Hurling League medal as well as being named Young Hurler of the Year in 2015.[2][3]
Peil Star Street Hurling Film
In 2017, Tadhg appeared in a Street Hurling film created by Peil Star with Patrick Curran (Waterford), Niall McKenna (Antrim) and Walter Walsh (Kilkenny). The film was shot on the Falls Road in Belfast for the BBC. [4]
Career statistics
- As of match played 13 August 2017.
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Waterford | 2014 | Division 1A | 4 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 8 | 0-00 |
| 2015 | Division 1B | 8 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-01 | 2 | 0-00 | 12 | 0-01 | |
| 2016 | Division 1B | 6 | 0-01 | 2 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-00 | 11 | 0-01 | |
| 2017 | 6 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 9 | 0-00 | ||
| Total | 24 | 0-01 | 7 | 0-01 | 9 | 0-00 | 40 | 0-02 | ||
Honours
- Waterford
- Individual
- All Stars Young Hurler of the Year: 2015
- GAA GPA All Stars Awards (1): 2015
References
- ↑ "Deise's quiet man Tadhg de Burca setting the summer terms". Irish Independent. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ↑ "2015 GPA All Star Awards". Irish Independent. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ↑ "O'Connor and De Búrca claim Young Footballer and Hurler of the Year honours". The 42. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ↑ "These South East hurlers have been showing off their skills on the streets of Belfast".