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Paddy Mullally
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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.
Key Information
Playing career
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Player
[edit]- Good Counsel College
- All-Ireland Colleges Senior B Football Championship: 1993
- Leinster Colleges Senior B Football Championship: 1993
- Waterford RTC
- Fitzgibbon Cup: 1994
- Glenmore
- Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship: 1995
- Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship: 1995, 1999
- Kilkenny Senior Football Championship: 1998, 2009
- Kilkenny
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: 2000, 2003
- Leinster Senior Hurling Championship: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003
- National Hurling League: 2003
- Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship: 1995
- Leinster Minor Hurling Championship: 1994
Management
[edit]- Glenmore
- All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship: 2016
- Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship: 2016
- Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship: 2015
- Kilkenny
References
[edit]- ^ "New Ross take first title". The Cork Examiner. 3 May 1993. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Decies' surprise move with shock inclusion of O'Sullivan". Irish Independent. 6 August 2004. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "No way back for Offaly". Offaly Independent. 22 July 1994. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Lost Kilkenny talent of the past three years". Irish Independent. 29 April 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Ryan gets a central role as Offaly axe Errity". Irish Independent. 7 July 1999. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Kilkenny give shock debut to football star". Irish Independent. 8 July 1999. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Nearly man". Irish Daily Mail. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "The scores, when, who they played with". Kilkenny Live. 25 December 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Kilkenny's will to win survives Rebel rally". Irish Independent. 15 September 2003. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Cody: No excuses, Cork took it by the scruff of the neck". Irish Examiner. 13 September 2004. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Brothers' torture on huge day of grief". Irish Independent. 13 September 2004. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Brian Cody names League panel". Irish Examiner. 21 January 2005. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Cats claim camogie cream after 22 years". RTÉ Sport. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Mullally takes Mullinavat reins". Hogan Stand. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Kilkenny All-Ireland winner Paddy Mullally part of his brother Tom's Carlow backroom team". Hogan Stand. 3 February 2021.