| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Pádraig Ó Ciara | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Full-back | ||
| Born | 1966 Patrickswell, County Limerick, Ireland | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Patrickswell | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Limerick titles | 8 | ||
| Munster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1986-1998 | Limerick | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Patrick Carey (born 1966) is an Irish former hurler. At club level, he played with Patrickswell and at inter-county level with the Limerick senior hurling team.
At club level, Carey began his career at juvenile and underage levels with Patrickswell, winning a Limerick MAHC title as team captain in 1984, before progressing to adult level. Carey's senior career coincided with a very successful era for Patrickswell and he won eight Limerick SHC medals between 1984 and 1997. [1] His other club honours include two Munster Club SHC medals, while he lined out at centre-back when losing to Glenmore in the 1991 All-Ireland club final. [2] [3]
At inter-county level, Carey first played for Limerick as part of the minor team that beat Kilkenny to win the All-Ireland MHC title in 1984. [4] He progressed to the under-21 team and won consecutive Munster U21HC titles, before claiming an All-Ireland U21HC medal after a 2-15 to 3-06 win over Galway in the 1987 final. [5]
Carey joined the senior team in 1986. He claimed his only senior silverware in 1992 when Limerick won the National Hurling League title. [6] Carey was on and off the team over the course of the following few years before being released from the panel for the final time in 1998.
Performances at inter-county level for Limerick resulted in Carey being called up to the Munster inter-provincial team. He won a Railway Cup medal as a panel member in 1992 after a defeat of Ulster in the final. [7]
His uncle, Éamonn Carey, was part of Limerick's All-Ireland MHC-winning panel in 1958, while his brothers, Ciarán and Paul Carey, also lined out with Patrickswell and Limerick. [8] [9] Carey's nephew, Cian Lynch, has won five All-Ireland SHC medals with Limerick. [10]