Pa Morrissey

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Pa Morrissey
Personal information
Irish name Padraig Ó Muireasa
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right wing-back
Born 1981
Bansha, County Tipperary, Ireland
Club(s)
YearsClub
Galtee Rovers
Club titles
Tipperary titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2005-2008
Tipperary
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0
All Stars 0

Patrick "Pa" Morrissey (born 1981) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a right wing-back for the Tipperary senior team. [1]

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Born in Bansha, County Tipperary, Morrissey first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty when he first linked up with the Tipperary under-21 team as a dual player before later joining the intermediate hurling and junior football sides. He joined the senior football and hurling panels during the 2005 championships. Morrissey immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen of both teams and won one Tommy Murphy Cup medal.[ citation needed ]

At club level Morrissey is a one-time championship medallist with Galtee Rovers. [2]

His brother, Colin Morrissey, also represented Tipperary in both hurling and Gaelic football.[ citation needed ]

Morrissey retired from inter-county football following the conclusion of the 2008 championship.[ citation needed ]

Honours

Player

Galtee Rovers
Tipperary

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References

  1. "Profile: Pa Morrissey". Tipperary GAA Archives website. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  2. "Galtee Rovers bridge gap". Irish Times. 27 October 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2015.