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| Personal information | |||
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| Sport | Dual player | ||
| Born | Portlaoise, County Laois | ||
| Nickname | Zoom, GOAT | ||
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| Years | Club | ||
| Portlaoise | |||
Pat Critchley is a sportsman from County Laois, Ireland. He has played at senior level in hurling, football and handball. [1] He is a member of Portlaoise GAA club, with whom he won eight Laois Senior county championships - four each in hurling and football. He guided IT Carlow to the Sigerson cup final 2020.
Critchley has won one Leinster and one All-Ireland club football championship with Portlaoise. Critchley also won one Limerick county Football championship.[ with whom? ][ citation needed ]
He was awarded Laois's sole hurling All Stars Award in 1985 and remains the only Laois player to receive this award. [2]
Critchley has coached Scoil Chriost Ri, Portlaoise basketball teams to eleven All-Ireland finals,[ citation needed ] winning five,[ citation needed ] and led the school to an All-Ireland football title.[ citation needed ]
Critchley occupies a full-time coaching and development role with the Laois GAA County Board and is the instigator of the successful Setanta Hurling program and the follow on Cuchulainn program. [3]
Pat was a physical education and English teacher at Scoil Chriost Ri, Portlaoise. [2] His autobiography is called Hungry Hill. [2]
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