Paddy Power (hurler) explained

Code:Hurling
Sport:Hurling
Paddy Power
Irish:Pádraig de Paor
Occupation:Agricultural labourer
County:Tipperary
Province:Munster
Club:Boherlahan–Dualla
Counties:Tipperary
Icyears:1917-1925
Icprovince:3
Icallireland:1
Icupdate:11:50, 28 April 2012
Birth Date:1895
Birth Place:Nodstown, County Tipperary, Ireland
Death Date:1967

Patrick Power (1895 — 1967) was an Irish hurler who played as a centre-forward for the Tipperary senior team.

Power made his first appearance for the team during the 1917 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1925 championship. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal and three Munster medals.[1] [2]

At club level Power was a multiple county championship medalist with Boherlahan–Dualla.

His brother Jack also played with Tipperary.

He died in 1967.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Tipperary GAA profile. Hogan Stand website. 28 April 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821024353/http://www.hoganstand.com/Tipperary/Profile.aspx. 21 August 2012.
  2. News: Senior Hurling. Munster GAA website. 28 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20190328073637/http://munster.gaa.ie/history/sh_teams/. 28 March 2019. dead.
  3. News: 26 March 1988 . English . Tipperary Star . irishnewsarchive.com . Ellen was married to the late Paddy Power who died in 1967 and her sister, Peg, who was married to Jack Power (USA), RIP is still hale and hearty in the land of the Stars and Stripes..