Noel O'Mahony
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Noel O'Mahony | ||
| Date of birth | 18 December 1939 | ||
| Date of death | 30 May 2013 (aged 73) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ballyphenane United | |||
| Tramore Athletic | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 196x–1976 | Cork Hibernians | ||
| 1976–1977 | Albert Rovers | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1976–1977 | Albert Rovers | ||
| 1977–1978 | → Cork Albert | ||
| 1979–1980 | → Cork Alberts | ||
| 1980–198x | → Cork United | ||
| 1983 | Limerick | ||
| 1986 | Cork City | ||
| 198x–198x | Newcastle West | ||
| 1988–1992 | Cork City | ||
| 1993–1994 | Cork City | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Noel O'Mahony (18 December 1939 – 30 May 2013) was a former League of Ireland footballer and manager. As a player, he won the 1970–71 League of Ireland title with Cork Hibernians and as manager he won the 1992–93 League of Ireland Premier Division with Cork City.
O'Mahony was the son of Nora and Timothy O'Mahony and he grew up on Pearse Road in the Ballyphehane district of Cork. Two of his brothers were also League of Ireland footballers. Like Noel, Declan also played for Cork Hibernians while Pat played for Cork Celtic. Noel and Pat O'Mahony both attended Coláiste Chríost Rí where Noel initially played Gaelic football before switching to association football. As a schoolboy he played for Ballyphenane United and Tramore Athletic. Pat O'Mahony also played for Athletic. In 1956 Noel O'Mahony was selected as the inaugural Cork Schoolboy Player of the Year.
During the 1960s and 1970s O'Mahony played for Cork Hibernians. Together with Miah Dennehy, John Herrick, Gerry Coyne and Dinny Allen, he was a prominent member of a successful Hibernians team managed by Dave Bacuzzi. He was invariably described as a "hard player", a "(take) no prisoners... centre-half" and as a "tough, no-nonsense defender". While playing for Hibernians, O'Mahony helped the club win the 1970–71 League of Ireland title, two FAI Cups in 1971–72 and 1972–73 and the Blaxnit Cup in 1971–72. His brother Declan also played as a goalkeeper for Hibernians and featured in the 1972–73 FAI Cup final. O'Mahony also served as team captain and played for Hibernians in Europe, including in a 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup tie against Valencia.
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