Patrick D. Mehigan (17 March 1884 – 4 December 1965) was an
Irish sportsperson and journalist. Born in
Ardfield,
County Cork, he played
hurling
Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of p ...
with
Robert Emmets GAA
Robert Emmets GAC ( Irish: ''CLG Roibéard Eiméad'' ) are a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Perrystown, Dublin, Ireland.
Competitions
Their two adult men's football teams play Adult Junior football
Football is a family o ...
and with the
London senior inter-county team in the early 1900s. Mehigan later served as the leading
Gaelic games
Gaelic games ( ga, Cluichí Gaelacha) are a set of sports played worldwide, though they are particularly popular in Ireland, where they originated. They include Gaelic football, hurling, Gaelic handball and rounders. Football and hurling, the ...
journalist from the 1920s until the 1940s. He wrote several histories of the
Gaelic Athletic Association and was correspondent for the ''
Cork Examiner'' under the pseudonym Carbery. Mehigan also wrote for ''
The Irish Times'' under the byline Pato.
1884 births
1965 deaths
Cork hurlers
Gaelic games journalists
Irish Examiner people
Irish sports journalists
London inter-county hurlers
Robert Emmett's (London) hurlers
The Irish Times people
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