Paddy Holden

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Patrick Holden
Personal information
Irish name Pádraig Ó hÚldáin
Sport Gaelic football
Position Centre-back
Born 1940
Cabra, Dublin, Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Club(s)
YearsClub
Clanna Gael
Club titles
Dublin titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1958-1965
Dublin
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 3
All-Irelands 1
NFL 0

Patrick A. Holden (born 1940) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played for club side Clanna Gael and at inter-county level with the Dublin senior football team. [1]

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Career

Holden's performances at club level for Clanna Gael quickly brought him to the notice of the county selectors and he was full-back on the Dublin minor team that won the All-Ireland Championship in 1958 when Mayo were beaten in the final. Promotion to the Dublin junior team followed, however, he was deprived of a winners' medal in that grade by Fermanagh in 1959. Holden had been training with the Dublin senior team since October 1958 and made his debut in the National League against Roscommon in the autumn of 1959. He won back-to-back Leinster Championship medals in 1962 and 1963, and he was part of the team that won the 1963 All-Ireland final by defeating Galway. [2] [3] Holden ended his career with a third provincial winners' medal in 1965, while he also won back-to-back Railway Cup medals with Leinster. He continued to line out with his club until 1973, by which time he had also secured a County Championship title.[ citation needed ]

Honours

Clanna Gael
Dublin
Leinster

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References

  1. "Paddy Holden". Hogan Stand. 30 April 1993. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  2. Scully, Niall (18 May 2020). "'The thing I most remember is the noise. From the second we ran out, there was a din. And it was constant'". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  3. Mac Lochlainn, Rónán (26 August 2019). "The swinging Sixties - How the Dubs beat the odds to reclaim Sam after Heffo's retirement". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 June 2021.