Paddy Holden Explained

Code:Football
Sport:Gaelic football
Patrick Holden
Irish:Pádraig Ó hÚldáin
Feet:5
Inches:11
County:Dublin
Province:Leinster
Cposition:Goalkeeper
Clubs:Clanna Gael
Clcounty:1
Counties:Dublin
Icposition:Centre-back
Icyears:1958-1965
Icprovince:3
Icallireland:1
Nfl:0
Birth Place:Cabra, Dublin, Ireland
Birth Date:1940
Death Date:19 October 2023

Patrick A. Holden (born 1940) was an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played for club side Clanna Gael and at inter-county level with the Dublin senior football team.[1]

Career

Holden's performances at club level for Clanna Gael quickly brought him to the notice of the county selectors and he was full-back on the Dublin minor team that won the All-Ireland Championship in 1958 when Mayo were beaten in the final. Promotion to the Dublin junior team followed, however, he was deprived of a winners' medal in that grade by Fermanagh in 1959. Holden had been training with the Dublin senior team since October 1958 and made his debut in the National League against Roscommon in the autumn of 1959. He won back-to-back Leinster Championship medals in 1962 and 1963, and he was part of the team that won the 1963 All-Ireland final by defeating Galway.[2] [3] Holden ended his career with a third provincial winners' medal in 1965, while he also won back-to-back Railway Cup medals with Leinster. He continued to line out with his club until 1973, by which time he had also secured a County Championship title.

Honours

Clanna Gael

1968

Dublin

1963

1962, 1963, 1965

1959

1958

1958

Leinster

1961, 1962

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paddy Holden. Hogan Stand. 1 June 2021. 30 April 1993.
  2. Web site: 'The thing I most remember is the noise. From the second we ran out, there was a din. And it was constant'. Irish Independent. 1 June 2021. 18 May 2020. Niall. Scully.
  3. Web site: The swinging Sixties - How the Dubs beat the odds to reclaim Sam after Heffo's retirement. Irish Independent. 1 June 2021. 26 August 2019. Rónán. Mac Lochlainn.