At club level he played with Kilruane MacDonaghs and was also a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team.
O'Meara first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Kilruane MacDonaghs.
[2] After winning four consecutive Tipperary U21AHC titles, he spent 20 seasons as a member of the club's senior team and is one of only a handful of players to have won seven North Tipperary SHC titles between 1977 and 1990 when he captained the team.
[3][4] O'Meara first appeared on the inter-county scene during a two-year tenure with the Tipperary minor hurling team.
O'Meara's performances at club level earned his inclusion on the senior team for the 1977 Munster SHC campaign.