Paddy Mackey (Limerick hurler)

Paddy Mackey
Personal information
Irish name	Pádraig Mac Aodha
Sport	Hurling
Position	Right corner-forward
Born	19 January 1920; Castleconnell, County Limerick, Ireland
Died	19 February 1941 (aged 21); Mallow, County Cork, Ireland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Occupation	Soldier
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Ahane
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1940–1941	Limerick
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	1
All-Irelands	1
NHL	0

Patrick Mackey (19 January 1920 – 19 February 1941) was an Irish hurler. His brief career included All-Ireland Championship success with the Limerick senior hurling team.

Playing career[edit]

Mackey first played hurling for the Ahane club, winning one Limerick County Championship medal. The 1939 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship success saw Mackey drafted onto the Limerick senior hurling team. In his one full season with the team, he won All-Ireland Championship honours as a substitute in the 1940 All-Ireland Hurling Championship, having earlier won a Munster Hurling Championship medal.^[1]

Mackey was born in Castleconnell, County Limerick, the fifth of eight children of John and Mary (née Carroll). His father, nicknamed Tyler, was a former captain of the Limerick senior hurling team who won two Munster Championship titles. Mackey's brothers, Mick and John, also hurled with Limerick. All three Mackey brothers were member of Limerick's 1940 All-Ireland Championship-winning team.^[2]

Mackey joined the Irish Army where he held the rank of corporal. He died on 19 February 1941 from uremia at the age of 21.^{[citation needed]}

^ Rouse, Paul (17 August 2018). "Mackey, Limerick, and the decade when Hollywood documented the glories of hurling for US cinema". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
^ "Death of James Mackey". Hogan Stand. 30 March 2003. Retrieved 14 August 2020.