Paul Ormond
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Pól Ó Rua | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left corner-back | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Loughmore-Castleiney | |||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1999- | Tipperary | 16 (0-0) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 1 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
Paul Ormonde (born 18 August, 1977) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Loughmore-Castleiney and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team. He plays in the left corner-back position.
Early life
Paul Ormonde was born just outside Templemore, County Tipperary in 1977. He was educated locally and later attended Our Lady's Secondary School in Templemore. Here Ormonde's hurling skills came to the fore and he won an All-Ireland B Colleges' medal.
Playing career
Club
Ormonde plays his club hurling with Loughmore-Castleiney in Tipperary. He has had some success with the club and won a County Under-21 B medal in 1994.
Inter-county
Ormonde played minor and under-21 hurling with Tipperary for several years without success. In 1998 he was a substitute on both the Tipperary senior football and senior hurling teams. He made his senior hurling debut in a Munster Championship replay against Clare in 1999. Two years later in 2001 Ormonde had his first major success when he won a National Hurling League medal with Tipp. Later that same year he collected a brace of Munster and All-Ireland medals. Since then Tipperary's hurling fortunes have taken a downturn and he has not had any more major success with the county. In spite of this Ormonde is regarded as one of the most versatile players on the Tipperary panel. Since making his debut he has played in the corner-back, wing-back, midfield and wing-forward positions on different occasions.
Trivia
The 29 year old is rumoured to be still in college and is is battling with Offaly's Brendan Murphy to be the longest serving student in the history of the world. However a UCD civil engineering student Eanna Mularkey is currently 13 years into his degree and has still yet to graduate.