Paddy McInerney
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Pádraig Mac an Airchinnigh | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Corner-back | ||
| Born |
30 January 1895 O'Callaghans Mills, County Clare, Ireland |
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| Died | 28 December 1982 (aged 87) Eddy County, New Mexico, United States |
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| Occupation | Publican | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1912-1925 | Young Irelands | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Limerick titles | 2 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1918-1925 | Limerick | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 3 | ||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
Patrick McInerney (30 January 1895 – 28 December 1982) was an Irish hurler who played as a corner-back for the Tipperary senior team.
McInerney made his first appearance for the team during the 1918 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his emigration after the 1925 championship. During that time he won two All-Ireland medals, three Munster medals and one Thomond Feis medal. Paddy McInerney was a contemporary of Pa "Fowler" McInerney, also of O'Callihan's Mills, who won Senior County All-Ireland Hurling Championships with Clare in 1916 and Dublin in 1932.
At club level McInerney was a double county championship medalist with Young Irelands.
McInerney played his club hurling with his local Young Irelands club and enjoyed much success. He won his first senior county title in 1920. The championship was suspended in 1921, however, McInerney added a second county medal to his collection in 1922.
McInerney first came to prominence on the inter-county scene with Limerick in the late 1910s. In 1918 he first tasted success as, for the second year in-a-row, Limerick reached the Munster final. Clare provided the opposition on that occasion, however, McInerney’s side were the better team on the day. The final score of 11-3 to 1-2 tells its own story as McInerney collected his first Munster title. The subsequent All-Ireland final saw Limerick take on Wexford. The first-half saw Limerick go on a goal-scoring spree as they took a half-time lead of 5-4 to 0-2. The goals continued in the second half as Limerick won the game by 9-5 to 1-3, giving McInerney his first All-Ireland medal.
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