Georaid is an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer who plays as a right wing-forward for club side St Patrick’s and at inter-county level with the Limerick senior hurling team. He is a former member of the Limerick senior football team.
Gearoid first played at senior level as a member of the Limerick senior football team. He made his first appearance in a 2-11 to 0-11 defeat of Longford in the National Football League on 9 February 2014. He later made his first championship start on a 2-14 to 1-11 defeat by Tipperary in the Munster Championship.
Georaid played in the early rounds of the National Football League in 2016 before joining the Limerick senior hurling team. He made his first appearance for the hurlers on 13 March 2016, replacing Seánie O’Brien at half-time in a 6-29 to 1-12 defeat of Laois at the Gaelic Grounds.He later made his first championship appearance in a 3-12 to 1-16 defeat by Tipperary.
In 2017, Georaid left the Limerick senior football team and committed solely to the hurlers after an end to the facilitating of dual players.
On 19 August 2018, He was at right wing-forward when Limerick won their first All-Ireland title in 45 years after a 3-16 to 2-18 defeat of Galway in the final.He ended the season by being nominated for an All-Star Award.
On 31 March 2019, He was selected at right wing-forward for Limerick’s National League finalmeeting with Waterford at Croke Park. He collected a winners’ medal after scoring three points from play in the 1-24 to 0-19 victory.On 30 June 2019, Hegarty won a Munster Championship medal after scoring three points from right wing-forward in Limerick’s 2-26 to 2-14defeat of Tipperary in the final.
University of Limerick
Limerick
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022
- Munster Senior Hurling Championship: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- National Hurling League: 2019, 2020, 2023
- All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship: 2015
- Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship: 2015
Individual
- All Stars Hurler of the Year (1): 2020
- All-Star Award (3): 2020, 2021, 2022
- The Sunday Game Team of the Year: 2020, 2022
- The Sunday Game Hurler of the Year: 2020
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final Man of the Match (2): 2020, 2022
- GAA/GPA Player of the Month: October 2020, December 2020