At club level he played with Kilruane MacDonaghs and was also a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team.
O'Meara first played hurling and Gaelic football at juvenile and underage levels with the Kilruane MacDonaghs club.
[1] He won a North Tipperary U21AFC title in 1970 before captaining the under-21 hurlers to divisional honours two years later.
His performances at club level resulted in O'Meara being called-up to the Tipperary senior hurling team for the 1977 Munster SHC.
He made his only appearance in a drawn match with Clare as a broken finger prevented him from lining out in the replay.