Pádraig Tyers Explained

Code:Football
Sport:Gaelic football
Pádraig Tyers
Irish:Pádraig Tyers
Fullname:Pádraig Tyers
Birth Date:20 October 1925
Death Date:19 February 2010 (aged 84)
Feet:6
Inches:0
Occupation:Secondary school teacher
County:Cork
Province:Munster
Club:Lees
Clposition:Goalkeeper
Clcounty:1
Colleges:University College Cork
Fitz:1
Sig:2
Counties:Cork
Icposition:Goalkeeper
Icyears:1954–1956
Icapps(Points):8 (0–00)
Icprovince:1
Icallireland:0
Nfl:1
Birth Place:Touraneena, County Waterford, Ireland
Death Place:Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland

Pádraig Tyers (20 October 1925 – 19 February 2010) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. He played for his local club Lees and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1954 until 1956. Tyers also enjoyed a distinguished career as an Irish language scholar, author and educator.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Irish language scholar and committed educator. 2010-03-13. Irish Times. 2010-03-14.