Paddy Healy (21 July 1922 – 26 April 1983) was an Irish hurler and

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er. His league and championship career with the

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senior teams as a

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lasted ten years from 1943 until 1953. Born in

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, Healy began his thirty-year club hurling and football career with the

club. He won a junior football championship medal in 1940 before losing three successive senior hurling championship finals. Healy subsequently joined the

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club, winning senior football championship medals in 1944, 1946, 1947 and 1952. He ended his career with the Ballincollig club, winning a divisional football championship medal in 1964. Healy made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-one when he was selected for the Cork senior hurling team during the 1943 championship. Over the course of the following decade he enjoyed much success, winning

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medals in 1943, 1944 and 1946. As a member of the Cork senior football team, Healy won an

medal in 1945. Healy was the grandfather of

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Colin Healy Colin Healy (born 14 March 1980) is a former midfield footballer from Ireland. He has been manager of Cork City F.C. since late 2020. He started his senior career at Celtic, spending five years with the Scottish club before joining English sid ...

Honours

;Ballincollig *

Cork Junior Football Championship The Cork Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-Op Superstores Cork Junior A Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork JAFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork County Board o ...

(1): 1940 *

Mid Cork Junior A Football Championship The Mid Cork Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Ross Oil Junior A Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Muskerry Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1926 f ...

(1): 1964 ;Clonakilty *

Cork Senior Football Championship The Cork Premier Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bon Secours Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Cork PSFC) is an annual club Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork Count ...

(4): 1944, 1946, 1947, 1952 ;Cork * All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (3): 1943, 1944, 1946 *

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) ( ga, Craobh Shinsir Peile na hÉireann) is the premier competition in Gaelic football. An annual tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), it is contested by the county ...

(1): 1945 * Munster Senior Hurling Championship (5): 1943, 1944, 1946, 1952, 1953 *

Munster Senior Football Championship The Munster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Munster Championship and shortened to Munster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It ...

(1): 1945 *

All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship The All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was a hurling competition organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association in Ireland. The competition was originally contested by the second teams of the strong counties, and the first teams of the weaker ...

(1): 1950 *

Munster Junior Hurling Championship The Munster Junior Hurling Championship is a junior "knockout" competition in the game of Hurling played in the province of Munster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Munster Council. The winners of the Munster Junior Hurling Ch ...

(1): 1950

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Healy, Paddy 1922 births 1983 deaths Ballincollig Gaelic footballers Clonakilty Gaelic footballers Ballincollig hurlers Clonakilty hurlers Cork Gaelic footballers Cork inter-county hurlers Dual players Irish Army officers