Paddy Kennedy (Sligo Gaelic footballer)

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Paddy Kennedy
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Full back
Born 1926
Tourlestrane, Sligo, Ireland
Died April 2011[1]
Club(s)
Years Club
Tourlestrane
Club titles
Sligo titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1950s
Sligo
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 1 Junior

Paddy Kennedy (1926-2011) was a Gaelic footballer from County Sligo. He played for the Sligo county team in the 1950s, winning a Connacht Junior Football Championship in 1956. He played his club football with the Tourlestrane club and helped them to a first Sligo Senior Football Championship in 1956. His two sons Fintan and Richard followed in their father's footsteps by winning senior championship medals with Tourlestrane in the 1990s.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Former Sligo player Paddy Kennedy passes away". Hoganstand.com. 12 April 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2016.