title: Joe O'Dwyer (hurler, born 1959)
text: # Joe O'Dwyer (hurler, born 1959)
  
  Joseph O'Dwyer (born 1959) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Killenaule and was also a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team. He usually lined out as a centre-back.
  
  ## Career
  
  O'Dwyer first played juvenile and underage hurling with the Killenaule club before joining the club's senior team. He had some divisional success, winning consecutive South Tipperary Championship titles. O'Dwyer first appeared on the inter-county scene with the Tipperary minor team that won the All-Ireland Minor Championship in 1976. He progressed onto the Tipperary under-21 team and won back-to-back All-Ireland Under-21 Championship titles from three consecutive finals appearances between 1978 and 1980. O'Dwyer subsequently made a number of league and championship appearances with the Tipperary senior hurling team before lining out with the junior team.
  
  ## Honours
  
  ### Killenaule
  
  * South Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship: 1988, 1989
  
  ### Tipperary
  
  * Munster Junior Hurling Championship: 1985
  * All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship: 1979, 1980
  * Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship: 1978, 1979, 1980
  * All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship: 1976
  * Munster Minor Hurling Championship: 1976
  