At club level he played with Kilruane MacDonaghs and was also a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team.
O'Meara first played Gaelic football and hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Kilruane MacDonaghs club.
[3] After winning three successive Tipperary SHC titles from 1977 to 1979, O'Meara secured a fourth winners' medal in 1985.
[4][5] At inter-county level, O'Meara was a member of the Tipperary under-21 hurling team in his final year of eligibility in 1973.
[6] Sheppard was a non-playing substitute when Tipperary beat Cork in the 1987 Munster final replay.