Pádraig O'Driscoll

Pádraig O'Driscoll is a Dublin senior hurler at

Lucan Sarsfields Lucan Sarsfields ( Irish: ''Sáirséalaigh Leamhcáin'' ) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Lucan, Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 1886, Sarsfields were one of 16 teams which contested the Dublin Senior Championship in 1887. They were a ...

. O'Driscoll made substitute appearances with

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in the 2006 championship against

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and

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although he made his first start against

Wexford Wexford ( ; archaic Yola dialect, Yola: ''Weiseforthe'') is the county town of County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney near the southeastern corner of the ...

on 7 June 2007. While Pádraig "Tubridy" O'Driscoll is often mistaken for the famous RTÉ presenter he is actually no relatio

Originally from Carigaline in

County Cork County Cork () is the largest and the southernmost Counties of Ireland, county of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, named after the city of Cork (city), Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster ...

, he learnt his trade from the master Justin McCarthy and spent many's the day in Roches Point playing hurling in the alley with his hero. He captained

Carrigaline Carrigaline (; ) is a town and civil parish in County Cork, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, situated on the River Owenabue. Located about south of Cork (city), Cork city, and with a population of 18,239 people, it is one of the largest commuter ...

to the

Cork Intermediate Football Championship The Cork Intermediate A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as McCarthy Insurance Group Cork County Intermediate A Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork IAFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the ...

final, before moving to

Lucan Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (3 November AD 39 – 30 April AD 65), better known in English as Lucan (), was a Roman poet, born in Corduba, Hispania Baetica (present-day Córdoba, Spain). He is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of the Imper ...

to live with his best friend Quenton. He Captained

to the semi-final of the

Dublin Senior Hurling Championship The Dublin Senior Hurling Championship () is an annual hurling competition organised by the Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) since 1887 for the top hurling clubs in County Dublin, Ireland. Sixteen clubs compete. In ...

in 2009. Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Dublin inter-county hurlers Sportspeople from Cork (city) Lucan Sarsfields hurlers {{Dublin-hurling-bio-stub