Matty Power
| Personal information | |||
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| Irish name | Maitiú de Paor | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left corner-forward | ||
| Born | October 1901 Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny, Ireland |
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| Died | 1965 (aged 64) Dublin, Ireland |
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| Occupation | Garda | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
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Dicksboro Garda |
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| Club titles | |||
| Dublin titles | 6 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1920-1925 1926-1930 1931-1937 |
Kilkenny Dublin Kilkenny |
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| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 12 | ||
| All-Irelands | 5 | ||
| NHL | 2 | ||
Matty Power (October 1901 – 1965) was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling at various times with his local clubs Dicksboro and Garda. Power was also a member of the Kilkenny and Dublin senior inter-county team in the 1920s and 1930s. He is regarded as one of Kilkenny’s greatest-ever hurlers.
Matty Power was born in Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny in 1901. He was educated locally and later trained as a member of the Garda Síochána before moving to Dublin where he worked as a guard. Together with his wife, Nancy Walsh (1916–2003), they also ran a boarding house at Gardiner Place called Kilkenny House.
Matty Power died in 1965.
Power played his club hurling with his local Dicksboro club just outside Kilkenny and enjoyed some success. He won a senior county title with the club in 1923. Power later moved to Dublin where he played with the famous Garda club in the city. Here he collected five senior county titles in-a-row from 1925 until 1929. Power won a seventh county title in 1931.
Power first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team in the early 1920s. He won his first Leinster title in 1922 following an eight-point victory over Dublin. This victory allowed ‘the Cats’ to advance to the All-Ireland final where Tipperary were the opponents. With three minutes left in the game Tipp were leading by three points, however, last-minute goals by Paddy Donoghue and Dick Tobin secured a 4-2 to 2-6 victory for Kilkenny. Power had captured his first All-Ireland medal. It would be 45 years before Kilkenny would beat Tipp in the championship again. He added a second Leinster title to his collection in 1923 following another trouncing of Dublin, however, Galway accounted for Power’s side in the All-Ireland semi-final.
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