Charlie Paye Explained

Code:Football
Sport:Gaelic Football
Charles Paye
Irish:Cathal Páigh
Occupation:Painter and decorator
County:Cork
Province:Munster
Club:Fermoy
Clyears:1900s–1920s
Clcounty:2
Counties:Cork
Icposition:Forward
Icyears:1905–1911
Icapps(Points):12 (4–10)
Icprovince:2
Icallireland:1
Icupdate:21:20, 10 April 2012
Birth Date:3 October 1886
Birth Place:Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland
Death Date:26 June 1966 (aged 79)
Death Place:Glasheen, Cork, Ireland

Charles Kay Paye (3 October 1886 – 26 June 1966) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a forward for the Cork senior team.

Paye made his first appearance for the team during the delayed 1905 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until the completion of the 1911 championship. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal and two Munster medals.[1]

At club level Paye was a double county championship medalist with Fermoy.

Notes and References

  1. News: Munster Senior Football Winning Teams. Munster GAA website. 10 April 2012.