Maurice McCarthy (Gaelic footballer)

Maurice McCarthy
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Right corner-back
Born	11/06/1881^[1] Castleisland, County Kerry
Died	12/08/1962
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Tralee Mitchels
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1902-1915	Kerry
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	8
All-Irelands	5
NFL	0

Maurice McCarthy (1881 - 1962) was an Irish sportsperson. A native of Castleisland, Maurice McCarthy took up employment in Tralee with a business firm. With He played Gaelic football with the Tralee Mitchels and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1902 until 1915. ^[2]

Having won three All-Ireland medals by 1910, Maurice McCarthy decided to hang up his football boots for good. But in 1913 came the Croke Memorial Final with Louth which agitated Kerry to its depths, Maurice was recalled from retirement. Willingly he responded and capably he performed, to give Kerry one of its greatest victories, though it does not appear on the record books. He continued to play, and won another All-Ireland that year and the following.^[3]

A son of Maurice’s, Dan Joe, won a minor All-Ireland title with Kerry and another son John Mitchel, helped Longford to supreme honours in the junior grade.^[4]

References

↑ http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/search.jsp?namefm=Maurice&namel=McCarthy&location=&yyfrom=1879&yyto=1881&submit=Search
↑ "Death of Mce. McCarthy, great Kerry footballer, The Kerryman, 18 August 1962, p. 14
↑ "Death of Mce. McCarthy, great Kerry footballer, The Kerryman, 18 August 1962, p. 14
↑ "Death of Mce. McCarthy, great Kerry footballer, The Kerryman, 18 August 1962, p. 14

Sporting positions
Preceded by Austin Stack	Kerry Senior Football Captain 1905-1907	Succeeded by Con Healy

Kerry – 1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (1st title)

1 P. Dillon 2 R. Kirwan 3 C. Healy 4 M. McCarthy 5 F. O'Sullivan 6 D. Breen 7 A. Stack 8 D. McCarthy 9 J. Buckley 10 D. Curran 11 J. Myers 12 D. Kissane 13 D. Fitzgerald 14 T. O'Gorman 15 J. O'Gorman 16 W. Lynch 17 J.T. Fitzgerald Subs C. Ryan for Healy P. Cahill for Kirwan

Kerry – 1904 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (2nd title)

1 P. Dillon 2 R. Kirwan 3 C. Healy 4 M. McCarthy 5 F. O'Sullivan 6 C. Murphy 7 A. Stack 8 F. Cronin 9 J. Buckley 10 D. Curran 11 J. Myers 12 P. Cahill 13 D. Fitzgerald 14 J. O'Sullivan 15 J. O'Gorman 16 T. O'Sullivan 17 J.T. Fitzgerald

Kerry – 1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (3rd title)

1 P. Dillon 2 D. Breen 3 M. McCarthy 4 T. Costelloe 5 C. Healy 6 J.McCarthy 7 T. Rice 8 F. Cronin 9 N. Spillane 10 C. Murphy 11 B. O'Connor 12 J. Kennelly 13 P. Mullane 14 J. O'Sullivan 15 J. Skinner 16 D. Fitzgerald 17 M. Quinlan

Kerry – 1913 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (4th title)

1 D. Mullins 2 M. McCarthy 3 J. Lawlor 4 T. Costelloe 5 T. Rice 6 P. Healy 7 P. Kennelly 8 C. Murphy 9 P. O'Shea 10 C. Clifford 11 J. Rice 12 J. O'Mahony 13 J. Skinner 14 D. Fitzgerald 15 D. Doyle

Kerry – 1914 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (5th title)

1 D. Mullins 2 M. McCarthy 3 J. Lawlor 4 T. Costelloe 5 T. Rice 6 P. Healy 7 J. Rice 8 C. Murphy 9 P. O'Shea 10 C. Clifford 11 D. Fitzgerald 12 J. O'Mahony 13 J. Skinner 14 P. Breen 15 D. Doyle

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