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Paudie O'Neill (born 1957) is an Irish former hurler and
Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...
er who played for the Tipperary and
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senior teams. Born in
Clonmel Clonmel () is the county town and largest settlement of County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town is noted in Irish history for its resistance to the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Cromwellian army which sacked the towns of Dro ...
,
County Tipperary County Tipperary () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary (tow ...
, O'Neill first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor teams as a
dual player Dual player or dual star is a term used in Hiberno-English to describe someone who competes in multiple sports — for example, in Victorian Ireland, cricket and hurling. The term today in Gaelic games typically describes a male player who plays ...
, before later joining the under-21 sides. He made his senior debut during the 1977 championship. O'Neill went on to play a key part for Tipperary as a footballer before later spending one championship season with Dublin. At club level he is a one-time
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medallist in football with Clonmel Commercials. He also played hurling with St Mary's and Ballyboden St Enda's. In retirement from playing O'Neill has become involved in team management and coaching. He has been heavily involved in various coaching roles with Ballyboden St Enda's before becoming a selector to the Tipperary senior hurling team in 2012. He later took up a coaching role with Westmeath.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Oneill, Paudie 1957 births Living people Ballyboden St Enda's hurlers Clonmel Commercials Gaelic footballers Dual players Heads of schools in Ireland Hurling coaches Hurling selectors Irish schoolteachers St Mary's (Tipperary) hurlers Tipperary inter-county Gaelic footballers Tipperary inter-county hurlers 20th-century Irish sportsmen