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Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Pádraig Mac Muiris | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Wing-Forward | ||
Born | Limerick, Ireland | ||
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Years | Club | ||
Killeedy GAA | |||
Inter-county | |||
Years | County | ||
1973–1981 | Limerick | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
All Stars | 1 | ||
Paudie Fitzmaurice (born 16 November 1949) is a hurler from Killeedy in County Limerick, Ireland, who featured in Limerick hurling teams of the 1970s. Fitzmaurice was part of the Limerick county hurling team which won the All-Ireland in 1973, [1] [2] ) as well as in the 1974, 1980 and 1981 teams. He was captain when Limerick won the 1981 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final. [3] He is a two-time National League winner, [4] and finished as top scorer when captaining Maynooth College to victory in the Fitzgibbon Cup in 1974. [5] [6] His achievements as a player were recognised in 1984 when Fitzmaurice received an All-Star award. [7] Fitzmaurice continued to play competitive hurling for his native Killeedy until 1996. [8]
Fitzmaurice was named manager of the Sligo hurling team in January 2003. [9] but resigned after harsh criticism in May of that year. [10] [11]
He trained for the priesthood in St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, as did his brother Fr. Willie Fitzmaurice, who also played hurling for Limerick.
Fitzmaurice attended Trinity College Dublin,[ citation needed ] and is a former member of staff at St. Munchin's College, where he taught mathematics, applied mathematics and physics. He currently[ when? ] teaches mathematics and hurling at Castletroy College in Limerick. Before that, he served as institute chaplain at Limerick Institute of Technology. [12]
Paudie and his brother Willie were noted for their unusual hurling technique. When striking the sliotar, the Fitzmaurice brothers did not bend their elbows. [13] [14]