Joe Errity
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| Born | 3 November 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Planning consultant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Joseph Errity (born 3 November 1969) is an Irish hurling manager and former player. At club level, he played with Birr and at inter-county level with the Offaly senior hurling team.
Playing career
[edit]Errity attended St Brendan's Community School in Birr and played hurling at all levels during his time there. He won back-to-back Leinster Colleges SAHC medals in 1985 and 1986. Errity was also part of the St Brendan's team that defeated North Monastery by four goals to win the All-Ireland Colleges SAHC title in 1986.[1][2]
At club level, Errity was a mainstay of the Birr team during their most successful era. He won nine Offaly SHC medals from twelve finals appearances between 1990 and 2005.[3] He also won seven Leinster Club SHC medal. Errity was also part of Birr's four All-Ireland Club SHC title-winning teams and was captain in 1998.[4]
At inter-county level, Errity first appeared for Offaly as part of the minor team that won back-to-back All-Ireland MHC titles in 1986 and 1987.[5] He later progressed to the under-21 team. Errity made his senior team debut in a National Hurling League defeat by Galway in 1988. He won consecutive Leinster SHC medals in 1994 and 1995. [6] Errity came on as a substitute when Offaly beat Limerick by 3–16 to 2–13 in the 1994 All-Ireland SHC final.[7]
Errity was an unused substitute for Offaly's defeat by Clare in the 1995 All-Ireland SHC final.[8] He broke onto the starting fifteen and was at full-forward when Offaly beat Kilkenny by 2–16 to 1–13 to become the first "back door" winners of the All-Ireland SHC title in 1998.[9] Two years later, Errity was at centre-back for Offaly's 5–15 to 1–14 defeat by Kilkenny in the 2000 All-Ireland SHC final.[10] He captained the team in 2002, before retiring from inter-county hurling in February 2004.[11][12]
Management career
[edit]Errity was appointed manager of Offaly's minor team in December 2013.[13] His two years in charge of the team ended without silverware.[14]
Honours
[edit]- Birr Community School
- All-Ireland Colleges Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1986
- Leinster Colleges Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1985, 1986
- Birr
- All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship (4): 1995, 1998, 2002, 2003
- Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship (6): 1991, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002
- Offaly Senior Hurling Championship (9): 1991, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
- Offaly
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1994, 1998
- Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1994, 1995
- All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship (2): 1986, 1987
- Leinster Minor Hurling Championship (2): 1986, 1987
- Leinster
- Railway Cup (1): 1998
References
[edit]- ↑ Hogan, Vincent (29 November 1999). "Birr's success vital to Offaly cause". Irish Independent. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ↑ "Soft goals prove costly as Westmeath lose out in championship debut". Westmeath Independent. 11 November 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ↑ "Club history". Birr GAA website. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- ↑ "FEATURE: Magnificent Birr were a real force of nature during their glorious heyday". Offaly Live. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- ↑ "Tipperary and Offaly Minors meet for only the second time". The Nenagh Guardian. 2 July 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
- ↑ "Leinster Senior Hurling Finalists" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
- ↑ "No-one in 1994 envisaged how far we would fall - Whelahan". Irish Independent. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
- ↑ "Clare hurling's 1995 All-Ireland win: Remembering the day V95 became Victory 95". Irish Examiner. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
- ↑ "Silver jubilee of 1998 Offaly victory marked in Croke Park". Offaly Independent. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
- ↑ "2000 – the dying kick of a great Offaly hurling team". Offaly Express. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
- ↑ "Offaly legend Errity hangs up his hurl". Irish Examiner. 26 February 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
- ↑ "Errity's Faithful departure after glittering career". Irish Examiner. 27 February 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
- ↑ "Errity to take over Offaly minors". Hogan Stand. 15 December 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
- ↑ "Brian Whelehan resigns as Offaly hurling manager". RTÉ Sport. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2026.