Paudie Sheehy
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Páidí Ó Síoda | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Born | Tralee, County Kerry | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
1950s-1960s | John Mitchels | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Kerry titles | 6 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1951-1962 | Kerry | 35 (6-65) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 7 | ||
| All-Irelands | 4 (1 as sub) | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Paudie Sheehy (1932–1967) was an Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club John Mitchels and was a member of the senior Kerry county team from the 1953 until 1962. A son of the footballer John Joe and brother of Seán Óg and Niall, Sheehy captained Kerry on two separate occasions.[1]
Club
Sheehy won six Kerry Senior Football Championship medals with John Mitchels in 1952 and five in a row between 1959–1963.[citation needed]
College
During his college days he played with University College Cork. He won two Sigerson Cup titles during his time with the Cork side. In 1951/52 and again in 1952/53 as the team's captain.[citation needed]
Underage
Sheehy played with the Kerry minor team in 1950. He won a Munster Minor Football Championship medal after win final win over Limerick.[2] Sheehy's side later qualified for the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship where they faced Mayo. A 3-06 to 1-04 win over Wexford seen Sheehy pick up a winners medal.[3]
He also played hurling with Kerry at minor level.
Seinor
Sheehy went straight into the Kerry in 1951. He made his debut in the Munster Senior Football Championship final win over Cork.[4] He was named at Left Half Forward for the All-Ireland semi-final replay with Mayo, a game Kerry would lose.[5]
He played in all of Kerry's 1951–52 National Football League games scoring an impressive 1-15 in six games as Kerry lost the Division 3 final to Cork.[6]
He later made his first Munster Senior Football Championship start at Left Half Forward where he scored four points in a 0-14 to 1-07 win over Waterford. He kept his place for the final against Cork. It was a disaster at the Cork Athletic Grounds as the holders crashed out on a 0-11 to 0-02 scoreline. Despite failing to score in the final he was still Kerry's second highest scorer in the championship.[7]
He's form kept up during the 1952–53 National Football League. He played in all of Kerry's games as they lost out in the semi-final to Cavan. He end the campaign as Kerry's top scorer with 1-21.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).[8]
Honours
College
- University College Cork
- Sigerson Cup (2): 1951/52, 1952/53 (c)
Club
- John Mitchels
- Kerry Senior Football Championship (6): 1952, 1959, 1960(c), 1961, 1962, 1963
County
- Kerry
- Munster Senior Football Championship (8): 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (3): 1955, 1959, 1962
- National Football League (1) 1959
- Munster Minor Football Championship (1) 1950
- All-Ireland Minor Football Championship (1) 1950
References
- ^ "Kerry fires burned bright when Sean Og met Ogie". Irish Times. 3 August 2003. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
- ^ https://munster.gaa.ie/history/minor-football/
- ^ https://www.hoganstand.com/Kerry/Profile
- ^ http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/game/673/1951-Kerry-Vs-Cork
- ^ http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/game/675/1951-Kerry-Vs-Mayo
- ^ http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/year/1952/League
- ^ http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/year/1952/Championship
- ^ http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/year/1953/Championship