Jock Haughey Explained

Code:Football
Sport:Gaelic football
Jock Haughey
Irish:Pádraig Ó hEochaidh
Birth Name:Pádraig Haughey
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Birth Date:10 October 1932
Death Place:Dublin, Ireland
Nickname:Jock
County:Dublin
Province:Leinster
Club:St. Vincent's
Counties:Dublin
Icposition:Right wing-forward
Icprovince:3
Icallireland:1
Nfl:2

Pádraig "Jock" Haughey (10 October 1932 – 10 October 2003) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a right wing-forward at senior level for the Dublin county team.[1]

Haughey began his inter-county career as a member of the Dublin senior team in the early 'fifties and experienced much success going forward into the early 'sixties. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal, three Leinster medals and two National Football League medals. Haughey was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.

At club level Haughey won numerous county club championship medals with St Vincents.

His brother, Charles, served as Taoiseach on three occasions between 1979 and 1992.

He worked for Matt Gallagher as an engineer in the Gallagher Group.[2]

In the 1970 Arms Crisis, Haughey was investigated by the Garda Síochána, suspected of having imported arms into Ireland illegally.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Jock Haughey. Irish Independent. 12 February 2013. 12 October 2003.
  2. Web site: Clavin. Terry. Gallagher, Matt. 21 September 2021. Dictionary of Irish Biography. Royal Irish Academy.
  3. Web site: Irish Examiner, Reporter . After 39 years, truth about death of brave garda must finally be told . Irish Examiner . 18 April 2009 . 27 November 2015.