Paddy Morrissey
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Padraig Ó Muireasa | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Right wing-back | ||
Born |
1955 Bansha, County Tipperary, Ireland | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Galtee Rovers | |||
Club titles | |||
Tipperary titles | 3 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1977-1984 | Tipperary | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 0 | ||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
NFL | 0 | ||
All Stars | 0 |
Paddy Morrissey (born 1955) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played for the Tipperary senior team.
Born in Bansha, County Tipperary, Morrissey first excelled at Gaelic football in his youth. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor team before later joining the under-21 and junior sides. He joined the Tipperary senior panel during the 1976 championship. Morrissey subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen.
At club level Morrissey is a three-time championship medallist with Galtee Rovers.
Morrissey retired from inter-county football following the conclusion of the 1984 championship.
In retirement from playing Morrissey became involved in team management and coaching. He served as a selector with the Tipperary minor and junior teams before taking charge of the senior team as manager.[1]
Honours
Player
- Galtee Rovers
- Tipperary Senior Football Championship (3): 1976, 1980, 1981
References
- ↑ Roche, Pat (2 June 1997). "Tipperary have the last laugh in comedy of errors". Irish Times. Retrieved 2 August 2015.