Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Pádraig Ó Cearnaigh | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Midfield | ||
Born | 1928 Swinford, County Mayo, Ireland |
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Nickname | The flying doctor | ||
Occupation | Doctor | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
1940s-1950s | Castlebar Mitchels | ||
Club titles | |||
Mayo titles | 2 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1945-1954 | Mayo | 25 (2-72) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Connacht titles | 4 | ||
All-Irelands | 2 | ||
NFL | 2 |
Pádraig Carney (born 1928) is a former Gaelic footballer who played as a centre-forward for the Mayo senior team.
Carney first played for the senior team while he was still a minor in the 1946 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the National League final in 1954. During that time he won two All-Ireland medals, four Connacht medals and two National League medals. Carney also had the distinction of being the first player to score a goal from a penalty in an All-Ireland final.
Carney played club football with a range of clubs, however, it was with Castlebar Mitchels that he won two county championship medals.