Paddy Clohessy

Paddy Clohessy
Personal information
Sport	Hurling
Position	Half-back
Born	Fedamore, County Limerick
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Fedamore
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1928–1940	Limerick
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	3
All-Irelands	4
NHL	4

(Patrick) Paddy Clohessy (16 April 1908 – 6 August 1971) was an Irish sports person and politician. He played hurling with his local club Fedamore and with the Limerick senior inter-county team from 1928 until 1940. He later became a Fianna Fáil politician.

Playing career

Club

Clohessy played his club hurling with his local club in Fedamore and enjoyed some success. His brothers, Dave, Andy and Jack, also played for Fedamore.^[1] He won his sole senior county title with the club in 1927.

Inter-county

Clohessy first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Limerick senior hurling team in 1928. At that stage Limerick were down the pecking order in terms of the top teams in the Munster Championship.

All this changed in 1933 when Limerick defeated the reigning provincial champions of Clare, giving Clohessy his first Munster title. The subsequent All-Ireland final pitted Limerick against Kilkenny – the winners of the championship in 1932. The game was a low-scoring affair with 'the Cats' claiming the title on a score line of 1–7 to 0–6.

In 1934 Limerick began their fight back with Clohessy added a second Munster medal to his collection as the team trounced Waterford. In their second consecutive All-Ireland final appearance Limerick faced Dublin. The metropolitans proved to be no pushover as the game ended in a draw on a score line of 2–7 to 3–4. The replay saw Limerick capture the title by five points giving Clohessy his first All-Ireland medal.

1935 saw Limerick capture Clohessy win his first National Hurling League title, however, he later missed out on a third Munster title due to injury. Clohessy was back for the All-Ireland final as Limerick took on Kilkenny once again. Limerick had had a fantastic run of 31 unbeaten games; however, Kilkenny put an end to this by defeating Clohessy's team by just a single point.

In 1936 Clohessy added a second National League medal to his collection before collecting a third Munster medal. For the third time in four years Kilkenny provided the opposition in the subsequent All-Ireland final. Limerick, however, had the measure of 'the Cats' on the day and claimed victory on a score line of 5–6 to 1–5. It was Clohessy's second All-Ireland medal.

In 1937 Clohessy captured a fourth consecutive National League medal; however, Limerick later lost their provincial crown for the first time since 1932. Three years later in 1940 Limerick regained their Munster title after an epic battle with Cork giving Clohessy his fourth provincial title. In the subsequent All-Ireland final the two outstanding teams of the decade, Kilkenny and Limerick, did battle once again. 'The Cats' were not the force of old as a third All-Ireland medal went to Clohessy following a 3–7 to 1–7 victory. It was Clohessy's last major title with the Limerick inter-county hurlers as he retired from inter-county hurling following the victory.

Provincial

Clohessy also lined out with Munster in the inter-provincial hurling competition. He first played for his province in 1932, however, on that occasion his side was defeated by Leinster. Clohessy remained on the team and helped Munster to capture the Railway Cup title in 1934. He won a further four title sin-a-row in 1937, 1938, 1939 and 1940.

Political career

A farmer by profession, he contested the 1954 general election in the Limerick East constituency but was not elected.^[2] He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) at the subsequent 1957 general election and held his seat until standing down at the 1969 general election.^[3]

His nephew Peadar Clohessy was a Fianna Fáil and Progressive Democrats TD for Limerick East in the 1980s and 1990s.

References

↑ "Crowds at funeral of Dave Clohessy" (PDF). Limerick Leader. 11 November 1986. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
↑ "Patrick Clohessy". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
↑ "Mr. Patrick Clohessy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 December 2008.

Sources

Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).

External links

Limerick – 1934 National Hurling League Champions (1st title)

1 P. Scanlan 2 N. Cregan 3 M. Hickey 4 M. Kennedy 5 M. Cross 6 G. Howard 7 W. O'Donoghue 8 T. Ryan (c) 9 M. Ryan 10 J. Mackey 11 M. Mackey 12 J. Roche 13 P. Ryan 14 C. O'Brien 15 M. Sexton Trainer J. Barry

Limerick – 1934 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (4th title)

1 T. Shinny 2 N. Cregan 3 T. McCarthy 4 M. Cross 5 M. Kennedy 6 G. Howard 7 P. Clohessy 8 M. Ryan 9 J. Mackey 10 T. Ryan (c) 11 J. O'Connell 12 J. Roche 13 J. Close 14 D. Clohessy 15 M. Mackey Played in drawn game P. Scanlon B. McConkey M. Condon Trainer J. Barry

Limerick – 1935 National Hurling League Champions (2nd title)

1 P. Scanlon 2 N. Cregan 3 T. McCarthy 4 M. Kennedy 5 M. Cross 6 P. Clohessy 7 G. Howard 8 T. Ryan (c) 9 M. Ryan 10 J. Mackey 11 M. Mackey 12 J. Roche 13 J. O'Connell 14 P. McMahon 15 J. Close

Limerick – 1936 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (5th title)

1 P. Scanlon 2 T. McCarthy 3 P. O'Carroll 4 M. Kennedy 5 M. Cross 6 P. Clohessy 7 G. Howard 8 M. Ryan 9 T. Ryan 10 J. Mackey 11 M. Mackey (c) 12 J. Roche 13 D. Clohessy 14 P. McMahon 15 J. Power Subs not used M. Butler P. Mackey M. Condon P. McSweeney C. Holland J. McCarthy Trainer P. Brown

Limerick – 1940 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (6th title)

1 P. Scanlon 2 J. McCarthy 3 M. Hickey 4 M. Kennedy 5 T. Cooke 6 P. Clohessy 7 P. Cregan 8 T. Ryan 9 J. Roche 10 J. Mackey 11 M. Mackey (c) 12 D. Stokes 13 N. Clarke 14 P. McMahon 15 J. Power Sub used 17 T. Herbert for P. Clohessy Subs not used 16 M. McCarthy 18 P. Mackey 19 D. Givens 20 D. Hurley 21 P. Kelly

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