Pat Holmes is an Irish former

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

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and

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. He won a North Mayo Junior Championship in 1986 with

Moygownagh Moygownagh (, means "Plain of the Milch Cows" also historically spelt Moygowna. It could also be translated as "Blessed Calves".) is a parish in the Barony of Tyrawley, County Mayo, Ireland. Moygownagh borders the parishes of Kilfian, and Cross ...

. Work commitments caused him to join

Castlebar Castlebar () is the county town of County Mayo, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Developing around a 13th century castle of the de Barry family, de Barry family, from which the town got its name, the town now acts as a social and economic focal poi ...

for four years in the early ‘90s where he won Mayo and Connacht club championship medals in 1993. He was very much involved in Mayo's All-Ireland runs in 1996 and 1997 and is the holder of six Connacht Senior Medals, a Connacht U21 Medal and a

Hogan Cup The Hogan Cup ( ga, Corn Uí Ógáin), also known as the All-Ireland Post Primary Schools Senior A Football Championship, is the top level Gaelic football championship for secondary schools (sometimes referred to as colleges) in Ireland. The com ...

Medal. He was captain in 1994 when Mayo lost to Leitrim in the Connacht Final and is a former pupil of

St Jarlath's College St Jarlath's College () is a Catholic secondary school for young men in Tuam, County Galway. The college was founded in 1800 and in 2009 absorbed St. Patrick's College, Tuam. The College, which operates under patronage of the Archbishop of Tuam, ...

Tuam Tuam ( ; ga, Tuaim , meaning 'mound' or 'burial-place') is a town in Ireland and the second-largest settlement in County Galway. It is west of the midlands of Ireland, about north of Galway city. Humans have lived in the area since the Bron ...

, with whom he won an All-Ireland medal in 1984. He also earned an All Star in 1996.

Career

He played in defence for the senior Mayo county team from 1988 to 1999 before taking over as manager from 2000 to 2002. He returned again to the Mayo management team, serving as joint-manager of the team from 2014 until 2015 with

Noel Connelly Noel Connelly (born 1972) is an Irish former Gaelic football manager and player. Career He played as a midfielder at senior level for the Mayo county team before later serving as joint-manager of the team with Pat Holmes from 2014 until 2015. ...

. Holmes along with Noel Connelly left as joint managers of the Mayo team in 2015 after one year in charge due to a player revolt and the threat of a strike by the team if they remained in charge.

Honours

Player

Connacht Senior Football Championship The Connacht Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition for the senior county teams of Connacht GAA. All of the counties of Connacht participate in the championship, as well as counties London and New York. The winning ...

(1): 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997 *

Connacht Under-21 Football Championship The Connacht GAA Football Under-20 Championship, known simply as the Connacht Under-20 Championship, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Connacht Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the hig ...

(1): 1986 * Connacht club Senior Football Championship (with Castlebar Mitchels): 1993 * North Mayo Junior Championship (with Moygownagh): 1986

Manager

; Mayo *

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Division 1 : 2001 *

(1): 2015 *

All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship The GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the EirGrid GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship) is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association ( ...

(1): 2006

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Holmes, Pat Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Gaelic football backs Gaelic football managers Mayo inter-county Gaelic footballers People educated at St Jarlath's College Sportspeople from Castlebar