Paddy Grace
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Pádraig de Grás | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left corner-back | ||
| Born | 1917 Palmerstown, County Kilkenny, Ireland |
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| Died | 21 July 1984 Kilkenny, Ireland |
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| Occupation | Insurance agent | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
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Éire Óg Carrickshock Dicksboro |
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| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Kilkenny titles | 1 | 5 | |
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1938-1950 | Kilkenny | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 6 | ||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
Patrick "Paddy" Grace (1917 – 21 July 1984) was an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-back for the Kilkenny senior team.
Born in Palmerstown, County Kilkenny, Grace first played competitive hurling during his schooling at CBS Kilkenny. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of fifteen when he first linked up with the Kilkenny minor team. He joined the senior panel during the 1937-38 league. Grace immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen, and won two All-Ireland medals and six Leinster medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on three occasions.
As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Grace won one Railway Cup medals. At club level he won five championship medals having played with Éire Óg, Carrickshock and Dicksboro.
His grandsons, Tommy and Pádraig Walsh, have also enjoyed All-Ireland success with Kilkenny. His granddaughter, Grace, is a key member of the Kilkenny senior camogie team.
Grace retired from inter-county hurling before the start of the 1950 championship.
In retirement from playing Grace became heavily involved in the administrative affairs of the Gaelic Athletic Association. His tenure as secretary of the Kilkenny County Board spanned five decades.
Grace began his club hurling career at underage levels with Éire Óg. He won three minor championship medals with the club during a four-year spell between 1932 and 1935.
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