Pa Carey
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Pádraig Ó Ciara | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Full-back | ||
| Born |
1966 Patrickswell, County Limerick, Ireland | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Patrickswell | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Limerick titles | 8 | ||
| Munster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1986-1998 | Limerick | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Patrick Carey (born 1966) is an Irish former hurler. At club level, he played with Patrickswell and at inter-county level with the Limerick senior hurling team.
Career
[edit]At club level, Carey began his career at juvenile and underage levels with Patrickswell, winning a Limerick MAHC title as team captain in 1984, before progressing to adult level. Carey's senior career coincided with a very successful era for Patrickswell and he won eight Limerick SHC medals between 1984 and 1997.[1] His other club honours include two Munster Club SHC medals, while he lined out at centre-back when losing to Glenmore in the 1991 All-Ireland club final.[2][3]
At inter-county level, Carey first played for Limerick as part of the minor team that beat Kilkenny to win the All-Ireland MHC title in 1984.[4] He progressed to the under-21 team and won consecutive Munster U21HC titles, before claiming an All-Ireland U21HC medal after a 2-15 to 3-06 win over Galway in the 1987 final.[5]
Carey joined the senior team in 1986. He claimed his only senior silverware in 1992 when Limerick won the National Hurling League title.[6] Carey was on and off the team over the course of the following few years before being released from the panel for the final time in 1998.
Performances at inter-county level for Limerick resulted in Carey being called up to the Munster inter-provincial team. He won a Railway Cup medal as a panel member in 1992 after a defeat of Ulster in the final.[7]
Personal life
[edit]His uncle, Éamonn Carey, was part of Limerick's All-Ireland MHC-winning panel in 1958, while his brothers, Ciarán and Paul Carey, also lined out with Patrickswell and Limerick.[8][9] Carey's nephew, Cian Lynch, has won five All-Ireland SHC medals with Limerick.[10]
Honours
[edit]- Patrickswell
- Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship: 1988, 1990
- Limerick Senior Hurling Championship: 1984, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996 (c), 1997 (c)
- Limerick Minor A Hurling Championship: 1984 (c)
- Limerick
- National Hurling League: 1991–92
- All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship: 1987
- Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship: 1986, 1987
- All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship: 1984
- Munster Minor Hurling Championship: 1984
- Munster
References
[edit]- ^ "Double joy at 'Well as Careys get Green light". Irish Independent. 6 March 1998. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ "Senior Hurling (Club)". Munster GAA website. 7 June 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Dermot Crowe: Fallen giants restoring parish pride after wilderness years". Irish Independent. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Limerick's last All-Ireland minor hurling title - 1984". Limerick Leader. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ "Limerick's first All Ireland U-21 hurling title in 1987". Limerick Leader. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ "Coming back from the dead is nothing new to Limerick". Irish Independent. 30 June 2001. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ "Railway Cup hurling". Munster GAA website. 11 June 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ "'He was our Cúchulainn' - Limerick hurler Paul Carey is laid to rest". Limerick Live. 14 November 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ "WATCH: Limerick's Cian Lynch on trying to replicate exploits of his uncle Ciaran Carey". Limerick Live. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ "Limerick's Cian Lynch aiming to follow in famous footsteps of uncles Ciaran and Pa Carey". RTÉ Sport. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2025.