Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Pádraig Caomhánach | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Right wing-forward | ||
Born | Inistioge, County Kilkenny, Ireland | 10 November 1945||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Occupation | Veterinary surgeon | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
1963-1976 1964-1969 1977-1983 | Rower–Inistioge → University College Dublin Borris–Ileigh | ||
Colleges(s) | |||
Years | College | ||
1964-1969 | University College Dublin | ||
College titles | |||
Fitzgibbon titles | 2 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1969-1973 | Kilkenny | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Leinster titles | 2 | ||
All-Irelands | 1 | ||
NHL | 0 | ||
All Stars | 0 |
Patrick Kavanagh (born 10 November 1945 [1] ) is an Irish former hurler. He enjoyed a 20-year club career, lining out with Rower–Inistioge, University College Dublin and Borris–Ileigh, and was also a member of the Kilkenny senior hurling team.
Kavanagh first played hurling as a schoolboy with Good Counsel College in New Ross. He later studied at University College Dublin and won two Fitzgibbon Cup medals and a Dublin SHC title during his tenure there. [2] Kavanagh began his club career by winning a Kilkenny JHC title with Rower-Inistioge in 1963 before later winning a Kilkenny SHC title in 1968. [3] He subsequently transferred to the Borris–Ileigh club in Tipperary and ended his career by winning a Tipperary SHC medal in 1983.
Kavanagh first played for Kilkenny at minor level before later lining out with the under-21 team.[ citation needed ] He eventually progressed onto the senior team and came on as a substitute for Claus Dunne when Kilkenny beat Cork in the 1969 All-Ireland final. [4] Kavanagh was again listed amongst the substitutes for Kilkenny's defeat by Limerick in the 1973 All-Ireland final. He later won an All-Ireland IHC title. [5]
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