Billy Mackesy
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Liam Ó Macasa | ||
| Sport | Dual player | ||
| Football Position: | Forward | ||
| Hurling Position: | Forward | ||
| Born |
1880 Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland | ||
| Died |
12 November 1956 (aged 76) Cork, Ireland | ||
| Occupation | Publican | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
|
Blackrock Lees | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Cork titles | 7 | 6 | |
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1903-1912 1901-1912 |
Cork (hurling) Cork (football) |
19 24 | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Munster Titles | 3 | 3 | |
| All-Ireland Titles | 1 | 1 | |
William "Billy" Mackesy (1880 - 12 November 1956) was an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer who played as a forward for the Cork senior teams.[1]
Born in Buttevant, County Cork, Mackesy first excelled at Gaelic games in his youth. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-one when he first linked up with the Cork senior football team. He made his debut during the 1901 championship. Mackesy immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one All-Ireland medal and one Munster medal. He later joined the Cork senior hurling team, with whom he won All-Ireland medal and one Munster medal. Mackesy was an All-Ireland runner-up on four occasions.
At club level Mackesy was a seven-time championship medallist as a footballer with Lees. As a hurler he also won six championship medals with Blackrock.
Throughout his career Mackesy made a combined total of 43 championship appearances. He retired from the inter-county scene following the conclusions of the respective 1912 championships.
Mackessy is one of only fifteen players to have won All-Ireland medals in both codes.
Honours
Player
- Blackrock
- Cork Senior Hurling Championship (6): 1903, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913
- Lees
- Cork Senior Football Championship (7): 1902, 1903, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1914
- Cork
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1903
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (1): 1911
- Munster Senior Hurling Championship (3): 1903, 1905, 1912
- Munster Senior Football Championship (3): 1901, 1906, 1907 (c)
References
- ↑ "Obituary of Billy Mackesy". Finbarr J. Connolly website. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
