Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Pádraig Ó Meachair | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Goalkeeper | ||
Born |
Tullaroan, County Kilkenny, Ireland | 13 September 1872||
Died |
8 December 1933 Tullaroan, County Kilkenny, Ireland | (aged 61)||
Nickname | Fox | ||
Occupation | Farmer | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Tullaroan Johnstown | |||
Club titles | |||
Kilkenny titles | 6 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1893-1905 | Kilkenny | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Leinster titles | 8 | ||
All-Irelands | 1 |
Patrick "Fox" Maher (13 September 1872 – 8 December 1933) was an Irish hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Kilkenny senior team.[1]
Born in Tullaroan, County Kilkenny, Maher first played competitive hurling in his youth. He made his senior debut during the 1893 championship and became a regular player over the next decade. During that time Maher won one All-Ireland medal and eight Leinster medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on four occasions.
At club level Maher was a six-time championship medallist with Tullaroan and Johnstown.[2]
Maher retired from inter-county hurling during the 1905 championship.