Pat Lally (hurler)

Pat Lally

Personal information
Irish name	Pádraig Ó Maolalaidh
Sport	Hurling
Position	Left corner-back
Born	(1947-03-17) 17 March 1947 (age 78) [1] Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Occupation	Psychiatric nurse
Club(s)
Years	Club
	St Brigid's
Club titles
Galway titles	0
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1973-	Galway
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands	0
NHL	1
All Stars	0

Patrick Lally (born 17 March 1947) is an Irish former hurler. At club level, he plays with St Brigid's and at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team.

Career

At club level, Lally played hurling with the St Brigid's club in Ballinasloe. He was part of the St Brigid's team beaten by Castlegar in the 1973 Galway SHC final replay. ^[2] Lally was drafted onto the Galway senior hurling team later that year following his performances at club level. He claimed his first senior silverware in 1975 when Galway won the National Hurling League title. ^[3] Lally was at corner-back for the subsequent 2-22 to 2-10 defeat by Kilkenny in the 1975 All-Ireland final. ^{[4] [5]}

Honours

Galway

• National Hurling League: 1974–75

References

1. "The team". Irish Independent. 3 September 1975. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
2. "Castlegar take 15th Co. title: no second chance for B'sloe". Galway Sentinel. 28 August 1973. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
3. "Galway National Hurling League Champions 1975". Athenry GAA website. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
4. "Sean Silke on the day that changed everything: 'For too long we had been defined as losers'". Irish Examiner. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
5. "1975: The summer the West was stirred from its slumber". Irish Examiner. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2025.