Paddy Mullally

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Paddy Mullally
Personal information
Irish name Pádraig Ó Maolalaidh
Sport Hurling
Position Midfield
Born (1976-04-29) 29 April 1976 (age 49)
Glenmore,
County Kilkenny, Ireland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Occupation Carpenter
Club(s)
YearsClub
Glenmore
Club titles
 FootballHurling
Kilkenny titles 1 2
Leinster titles 0 1
Colleges(s)
YearsCollege
Waterford RTC
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1995–2004
Kilkenny
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 4
All-Irelands 2
NHL 1
All Stars 0

Patrick Joseph Mullally (born 29 April 1976) is an Irish hurling coach and former player. At club level, he played with Glenmore and at inter-county level with the Kilkenny senior hurling team.

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Playing career

Born and raised in Glenmore, County Kilkenny, Mullally played hurling and Gaelic football at all levels as a student at Good Counsel College in New Ross. He was part of the school's senior team that won the All-Ireland Colleges SBFC title after a defeat of St Colman's College in 1993. [1] Mullally later attended Waterford Regional Technical College and won a Fitzgibbon Cup medal after a 1–19 to 1–08 win over University of Limerick. [2]

At club level, Mullally first played for Glenmore as a dual player at juvenile and underage levels before progressing to adult level. He was a Leinster Club SHC medal winner in 1995, having earlier claimed his first Kilkenny SHC medal. Mullally was part of Glenmore's Kilkenny SFC title-winning team in 1998, before adding a second SHC medal to his collection the following year. He ended his career by winning a second SFC medal after a 2–07 to 0–10 win over Muckalee in 2009.

Meally first appeared on the inter-county scene with Kilkenny as part of the minor team that won the Leinster MHC title in 1994. [3] He progressed to the under-21 team and was a Leinster U21HC medallist before losing to Tipperary in the 1995 All-Ireland U20HC final.

As well as being part of the under-21 team, Mullally began his association with the senior team in 1995. [4] He spent a number of years as a dual player at senior level and served as captain of the Kilkenny senior football team. [5] Mullally joined the senior hurling team on a full-time basis in 1999 and won the first of four Leinster SHC medals that year. [6] [7] He was an unused substitute when Kilkenny beat Offaly by 5–15 to 1–14 in the 2000 All-Ireland SHC final. [8] Mullally added a National Hurling League title to his collection in 2002, before collecting an All-Ireland SHC medal on the field of play after a three-point defeat of Cork in the 2003 All-Ireland SHC final. [9]

Mullally and his brother Richie were unused substitutes for the 2004 All-Ireland SHC final defeat by Cork. [10] Their father died on the day before the final. [11] Mullally withdrew from the panel in January 2005. [12]

Management career

Mullally first became involved in team management and coaching at club level with Glenmore when he coached the club's under-21 team. He later served as a selector with the club's senior team when they won the All-Ireland Club JHC title in 2016. Mullally was involved in camogie coaching with the Waterford Institute of Technology, before serving as a selector with the Kilkenny senior camogie team when they won the All-Ireland SCC title in 2016. [13] He took over as manager of the Mullinavat senior hurling team in 2018, before spending two years as a coach to the Carlow senior hurling team under the management of his brother Tom. [14] [15]

Honours

Player

Good Counsel College
Waterford RTC
Glenmore
Kilkenny

Management

Glenmore
Kilkenny

References

  1. "New Ross take first title". The Cork Examiner. 3 May 1993. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  2. "Decies' surprise move with shock inclusion of O'Sullivan". Irish Independent. 6 August 2004. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  3. "No way back for Offaly". Offaly Independent. 22 July 1994. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  4. "Lost Kilkenny talent of the past three years". Irish Independent. 29 April 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  5. "Ryan gets a central role as Offaly axe Errity". Irish Independent. 7 July 1999. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  6. "Kilkenny give shock debut to football star". Irish Independent. 8 July 1999. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  7. "Nearly man". Irish Daily Mail. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  8. "The scores, when, who they played with". Kilkenny Live. 25 December 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  9. "Kilkenny's will to win survives Rebel rally". Irish Independent. 15 September 2003. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  10. "Cody: No excuses, Cork took it by the scruff of the neck". Irish Examiner. 13 September 2004. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  11. "Brothers' torture on huge day of grief". Irish Independent. 13 September 2004. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  12. "Brian Cody names League panel". Irish Examiner. 21 January 2005. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  13. "Cats claim camogie cream after 22 years". RTÉ Sport. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  14. "Mullally takes Mullinavat reins". Hogan Stand. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  15. "Kilkenny All-Ireland winner Paddy Mullally part of his brother Tom's Carlow backroom team". Hogan Stand. 3 February 2021.