John Twomey (hurler)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Seán Ó Túama | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Born |
1962 Finglas, County Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Occupation | Assistant Garda Commissioner | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
1980s–1990s | Erin's Isle | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Dublin titles | 1 | 1 | |
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1982–1996 | Dublin | 19 (3–28) | |
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 13 September 2015. | |||
John Twomey (Irish: Seán Ó Túama; born 1962) is an Irish former hurler who played as a centre-back for the Dublin senior team.
Born in Finglas, County Dublin, Twomey played both hurling and Gaelic football with his local club, Erins Isle. He won a Dublin Senior Hurling Championship medal with Isles in 1983 and a Dublin Senior Football Championship medal with them in 1993. Twomey began playing with the Dublin senior hurling team in 1982 and was a key part of Lar Foley's team of the early 1990s, captaining them in two consecutive finals in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship in 1990 and 1991. At inter-provincial level, he won a Railway Cup medal with Leinster in 1988.