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Pat Hegarty

Pat Hegarty
Personal information
Irish name Pádraig Ó hÉigeartaigh
Sport Hurling
Position Half-back
Born 1947
Youghal, County Cork, Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Club(s)
Years Club
Youghal
Club titles
Cork titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1968-1975 Cork 19 (3-14)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 4
All-Irelands 1
NHL 4
All Stars 0

Pat Hegarty (born 1947) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a left corner-back for the Cork senior team.

Hegarty joined the team during the 1968-69 National League and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1975 championship. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal, four Munster medals and four National League medals. Hegarty was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.

At club level Hegarty was a one-time intermediate championship medalist with Youghal.

Hegarty played his club hurling with Youghal and enjoyed some success during a lengthy career.

In 1969 he was a key member of the team that reached the final of the intermediate championship. Cobh provided the opposition on that occasion, however, Youghal's ability to score goals proved the deciding factor. A 3-9 to 0-13 win gave Hegarty an intermediate championship medal.

Hegarty first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork under-21 hurling tea in 1966. He made his debut as a substitute in a Munster semi-final defeat of Galway in 1966, however, he played no part in Cork's subsequent Munster and All-Ireland victories.

Two years later Hegarty was captain of the under-21 team. He won a Munster medal that year following a 4-10 to 1-13 defeat of Tipperary. Cork later faced Kilkenny in the All-Ireland decider and Hegarty was moved from centre-back to the half-forward line. A 2-18 to 3-9 victory gave Hegarty an All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship medal.


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