Paddy Morrissey Explained

Code:Football
Sport:Gaelic football
Paddy Morrissey
Irish:Padraig Ó Muireasa
County:Tipperary
Province:Munster
Club:Galtee Rovers
Clcounty:3
Counties:Tipperary
Icposition:Right wing-back
Icyears:1977-1984
Icprovince:0
Icallireland:0
Nfl:0
Allstars:0
Icupdate:14:44, 2 August 2015
Birth Date:1955
Birth Place:Bansha, County Tipperary, Ireland

Paddy Morrissey (born 1955) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played for the Tipperary senior team.

Born in Bansha, County Tipperary, Morrissey first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor team before later joining the under-21 and junior sides. He joined the Tipperary senior panel during the 1976 championship. Morrissey subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen.

At club level Morrissey is a three-time championship medallist with Galtee Rovers.

Morrissey retired from inter-county football following the conclusion of the 1984 championship.

In retirement from playing Morrissey became involved in team management and coaching. He served as a selector with the Tipperary minor and junior teams before taking charge of the senior team as manager.[1]

Honours

Player

Galtee Rovers

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tipperary have the last laugh in comedy of errors. Irish Times. 2 June 1997. 2 August 2015. Pat. Roche.