Newly appointed Wexford manager, John Meyler, a native of Our Lady's Island has resided in Cork for the past 25 years and over the years he has had involvement with many teams in the South of the country. As a player, Meyler lined out with Our Lady's Island up until 1979 and prior to that would have featured in teams at Gormanstown College from 1969-1974 and UCC from 1974-1979. His career with Wexford hurling would have started in 1973 right up until 1982 and at various times he would have played at minor, under-21 and senior in both hurling and football. One of his great moments was to captain St. Finbarr's to the All-Ireland Club football championship title in 1987, having one year earlier won an All-Ireland senior hurling medal with Cork as a substitute. His senior career with Cork spanned the period 1983 to 1987. Tweet

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