Question: Facts: - sport: hurling - county: waterford - icposition: midfield - province: munster - icupdate: 22:33 , 3 april 2014 - birth date: 1953 - allstars: 0 - clubs: mount sion - code: hurling - name: pat mcgrath - birth place: waterford , ireland - icprovince: 0 - nhl: 0 - counties: waterford - icyears: 1970-1986 - irish: padraig mac craith - icallireland: 0 - clcounty: 7 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of pat mcgrath -lrb- waterford hurler -rrb- .
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patrick '' pat '' mcgrath -lrb- born 1953 -rrb- is an irish retired hurler who played as a midfielder for the waterford senior team .born in waterford , mcgrathfirst excelled at hurling in his youth .he made his first impression on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he linked up with the waterford minor team , before later joining the under-21 side .he joined the senior panel for the 1970 championship .mcgrath went on to play a key role for waterford for sixteen years , however , he enjoyed little success during his inter-county career .he was a munster runner-up on two occasions .as a member of the munster inter-provincial team at various times throughout his career , mcgrath won two railway cup medals .at club level he is a seven-time championship medallist with mount sion .throughout his career mcgrath made 16 championship appearances for waterford .his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1986 championship .mcgrath 's sons , eoin and ken , also played with waterford .on 2 april 2014 mcgrath was inducted into the gaa hall of fame .