Paddy Clohessy
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Half-back | ||
| Born | Fedamore, County Limerick | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Fedamore | |||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1928–1940 | Limerick | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 3 | ||
| All-Irelands | 4 | ||
| NHL | 4 | ||
(Patrick) Paddy Clohessy (16 April 1908 – 6 August 1971) was an Irish sports person and politician. He played hurling with his local club Fedamore and with the Limerick senior inter-county team from 1928 until 1940. He later became a Fianna Fáil politician.
Clohessy played his club hurling with his local club in Fedamore and enjoyed some success. His brothers, Dave, Andy and Jack, also played for Fedamore. He won his sole senior county title with the club in 1927.
Clohessy first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Limerick senior hurling team in 1928. At that stage Limerick were down the pecking order in terms of the top teams in the Munster Championship.
All this changed in 1933 when Limerick defeated the reigning provincial champions of Clare, giving Clohessy his first Munster title. The subsequent All-Ireland final pitted Limerick against Kilkenny – the winners of the championship in 1932. The game was a low-scoring affair with 'the Cats' claiming the title on a score line of 1–7 to 0–6.
In 1934 Limerick began their fight back with Clohessy added a second Munster medal to his collection as the team trounced Waterford. In their second consecutive All-Ireland final appearance Limerick faced Dublin. The metropolitans proved to be no pushover as the game ended in a draw on a score line of 2–7 to 3–4. The replay saw Limerick capture the title by five points giving Clohessy his first All-Ireland medal.
1935 saw Limerick capture Clohessy win his first National Hurling League title, however, he later missed out on a third Munster title due to injury. Clohessy was back for the All-Ireland final as Limerick took on Kilkenny once again. Limerick had had a fantastic run of 31 unbeaten games; however, Kilkenny put an end to this by defeating Clohessy's team by just a single point.
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