Biography
Timmy McCarthy was born in Castlelyons, County Cork in 1977. He grew up on the family farm and was educated at the local national school in Castlelyons and subsequently attended nearby St. Colman's College, a famous hurling nursery in Fermoy. It was here that his hurling talents first came to the fore. McCarthy won two Dean Ryan Cup winners' medals in the early 1990s before being made captain of the college senior team in 1996. That year he guided his team to the Dr. Harty Cup title. St. Colman's later qualified for the All-Ireland colleges' final with St. Kieran's College of Kilkenny providing the opposition. The Cork team never really troubled their Kilkenny counterparts, as it was St. Kieran's who recorded the victory with a 1-14 to 2-6 score line
McCarthy currently works as a farmer.
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