Seánie O'Leary (born 25 February 1952) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a left corner-forward for the Cork senior team.Born in Youghal, County Cork, O'Leary first played competitive hurling whilst at school at St.
Colman's College.
He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team, before later joining the under-21 side.
He made his senior debut during the 1971 championship.
O'Leary went on to play a key part for Cork, and won four All-Ireland medals, nine Munster medals and four National Hurling League medals.
He was an All-Ireland runner-up on three occasions.
O'Leary was a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, however, he ended his career without a Railway Cup medal.
At club level he is an intermediate championship medallist with Youghal.
His grandfather, Tom Mahony, was also an All-Ireland medallist with Cork, while his son, Tomás, was an All-Ireland minor-winning captain who currently plays rugby with London Irish.Throughout his career O'Leary made 36 championship appearances.
He retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1984 championship.
O'Leary is widely regarded as one of Cork's all-time greatest and most popular players.
During his playing days he won three All-Star awards, while he was later chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all-time in a 2009 poll.In retirement from playing O'Leary became involved in team management and coaching.
After an unsuccessful stint as coach of the Cork under-21 team, he was a two-time All-Ireland-winning selector with the Cork senior team.