| Pádraic Mannion | |
| Irish: | Pádraic Ó Mainnín |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Birth Date: | 6 March 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland |
| Height: | 1.850NaN0 |
| Sport: | Hurling |
| Code: | Hurling |
| County: | Galway |
| Province: | Leinster |
| Club: | Ahascragh-Fohenagh Caltra |
| Clyears: | 2010– 2010– |
| Clposition: | Full Back |
| Clcountyf: | 0 |
| Clcountyh: | 0 |
| Colleges: | NUI Galway |
| Fitz: | 0 |
| Counties: | Galway |
| Icyears: | 2015– |
| Icposition: | Right wing-back |
| Icapps(Points): | 24 (0–12) |
| Icprovince: | 2 |
| Icallireland: | 1 |
| Nhl: | 2 |
| Allstars: | 3 |
| Icupdate: | 14:20, 12 August 2018 |
Pádraic Mannion (born 6 March 1993) is an Irish hurler, he also plays as a right wing-back for club side Ahascragh-Fohenagh and at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team. His brother, Cathal, also plays for both teams.[1]
Mannion first came to prominence as a hurler with St Cuan's College in Castleblakeney, winning a Connacht Junior C Championship title with the school in 2009.[2]
As a student at NUI Galway, Mannion was a regular player on the university's senior hurling team in the Fitzgibbon Cup.[3]
Mannion joined the Ahascragh-Fohenagh club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels, enjoying championship success in the minor and under-21 grades, before joining the club's top adult team. He also plays Gaelic football with the Caltra club.[4]
On 23 October 2016, Mannion was captain of the Ahascragh-Fohenagh that defeated Ballinderreen by 2-15 to 0-08 in the final of the Galway Intermediate Championship.[5] He later won a Connacht Championship medal after a 2-20 to 0-13 defeat of Ballyhaunis in a final replay.[6] On 18 February 2017, Mannion captained the team from centre-back in a 2-15 to 0-06 All-Ireland final defeat by Carrickshock.[7]
Mannion first played for Galway as a member of the minor hurling team on 23 July 2011. He made his first appearance in an 8-26 to 0-12 All-Ireland quarter-final defeat of Antrim at Parnell Park.[8] On 4 September 2011, Mannion was at left corner-back for Galway's 1-21 to 1-12 defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park.[9]
As a member of the Galway intermediate hurling team, Mannion made his only appearance for the team on 18 August 2012 in a 0-21 to 1-13 All-Ireland semi-final defeat by Kilkenny.[10]
Mannion made his debut for the Galway senior team on 22 February 2015 in a 2-18 to 0-20 National Hurling League defeat by Tipperary.[11] He later made his first championship start on 6 June 2015 in a 5-19 to 1-18 defeat of Dublin.[12] On 6 September 2015, Mannion was at left corner-back for Galway's 1-22 to 1-18 defeat by Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final.[13]
On 23 April 2017, Mannion was at right wing-back when Galway defeated Tipperary by 3-21 to 0-14 to win the National Hurling League.[14] Later that season he won his first Leinster Championship medal after Galway's 0-29 to 1-17 defeat of Wexford in the final.[15] On 3 September 2017, Mannion started for Galway at right wing-back when they won their first All-Ireland in 29 years after a 0-26 to 2-17 defeat of Waterford in the final.[16] He ended the season by winning an All-Star award.[17]
On 8 July 2018, Mannion won a second successive Leinster Championship medal following Galway's 1-28 to 3-15 defeat of Kilkenny in the final.[18]
| Team | Year | National League | Leinstser | All-Ireland | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | |||
| Galway | 2015 | Division 1A | 4 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-02 | 3 | 0-00 | 10 | 0-00 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-02 | 2 | 0-01 | 7 | 0-00 | |||
| 2017 | Division 1B | 6 | 0-03 | 3 | 0-03 | 2 | 0-01 | 11 | 0-07 | ||
| 2018 | 5 | 0-05 | 6 | 0-03 | 2 | 0-00 | 13 | 0-08 | |||
| Total | 17 | 0-08 | 15 | 0-10 | 9 | 0-02 | 41 | 0-20 | |||