John Meyler

John Meyler (born 1956) is an Irish hurling manager and former selector, association footballer, Gaelic footballer and hurler who is currently the manager of the Kilmoyley senior hurling team.

He has formerly managed the Kerry, Wexford, Carlow and Cork senior hurling teams.

Meyler's inter-county career spanned fifteen years.

Beginning as a dual minor with Wexford, he later played with the county's under-21 and senior sides.

After being educated locally, he boarded at Gormanston College in East Meath between 1969 and 1974 where he played a wide variety of sports.

Meyler first played for Wexford at minor level in 1973.

A dual player with both the hurlers and Gaelic footballers, he enjoyed little success in this grade.

Meyler subsequently joined the Wexford under-21 teams, once again as a dual player, however, he ended his underage career without any silverware.

On 17 December 1977, Meyler scored a hat trick in UCC's 6-1 defeat of Trinity College Dublin in the Collingwood Cup final.

Meyler joined the Our Lady's Island club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels, before becoming a dual player with the club's adult team.

He won several league titles in both codes with the Our Lady's Island team.

He won a Wexford Senior Football Championship with Wexford District in 1977.

Meyler joined the St Finbarr's club in Cork and immediately established himself as a dual player on the club's senior teams.

He won his first championship medal with the senior hurling team as a non-playing substitute later that year, before later winning a Munster medal after a 2-12 to 1-14 defeat of Roscrea.

Meyler graduated from University College Cork with a degree in Chemistry in 1978.

For the early part of the 1978–79 League of Ireland, Meyler was a regular player with Cork Alberts.

On 17 May 1981, Meyler was at midfield when St Finbarr's were defeated by Ballyhale Shamrocks in the All-Ireland final.

On 13 September 1981, Meyler lined out in his first championship final.

He scored three points as St Finbarr's retained the title following a 1-12 to 1-09 defeat of Glen Rovers.

On 24 May 1981, Meyler made his championship debut with the Wexford senior hurling team in a 2-20 to 0-08 Leinster Championship quarter-final defeat of Dublin.

After joining the Cork senior team in 1982, Meyler won an All-Ireland medal in 1986.

St Finbarr's qualified for a third successive championship final on 10 October 1982.

Meyler scored two points in that game as St. Finbarr's retained the title for the second year-in-a-row following a 2-17 to 3-09 defeat of Blackrock.

Two weeks after this victory, Meyler was at full-back on the St Finbarr's senior football team that defeated Duhallow by a goal to secure the double.

He later won a Munster medal following a defeat of Castleisland Desmonds.

Meyler transferred to Cork in 1982 and made his championship debut for the Cork senior hurling team on 12 May 1983.

On 30 September 1984, Meyler won his fourth county hurling championship medal after scoring a goal in St Finbarr's 1-15 to 2-04 defeat of Ballyhea.

Meyler won a second football championship medal on 15 September 1985 when St Finbarr's defeated Clonakilty by 1-10 to 0-09 in the final.

Meyler was appointed captain of the St Finbarr's senior football team for the 1986 championship.

In spite of losing the county final to Imokilly, St Finbarr's later represented Cork in the provincial championship, with Meyler winning a second Munster medal following a defeat of Kilrossanty in the final.

As a dual player with the St Finbarr's club, Meyler won seven county championship medals across both codes, dual Munster medals and an All-Ireland medal as captain of the club's football team in 1987.

As a manager, selector, coach and trainer, Meyler has previously worked with club sides Kilmoyley, Ballinhassig, Courcey Rovers and Inniscarra, and inter-county teams Kerry, Wexford and Carlow.

On 17 March 1987, Meyler captained St Finbarr's in the All-Ireland final against Clann na nGael at Croke Park.

A narrow three-point win gave him an All-Ireland club medal, while he also had the honour of lifting the Andy Merrigan Cup on behalf of the team.

On 16 October 1988, Meyler won a fifth and final county hurling championship medal following a 3-18 to 2-14 defeat of Glen Rovers in the final.

He completed an MBA from the Open University in 1997.

During his studies at University College Cork, Meyler played a range of sports for various university teams.

As a dual player of both hurling and Gaelic football, he was a regular on the university's Fitzgibbon Cup and Sigerson Cup panels, while he also played soccer.

In his second spell with Kerry, he managed the side that won the 2012 Christy Ring Cup.

Meyler was born in Tacumshane (15 km south of Wexford), County Wexford.