Billy Mackesy

William "Billy" Mackesy

Personal information
Irish name	Liam Ó Macasa
Sport	Dual player
Football Position:	Forward
Hurling Position:	Forward
Born	8 April 1880 Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland
Died	12 November 1956 (aged 76) Cork, Ireland
Occupation	Publican
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Blackrock Lees
Club titles
	Football	Hurling
Cork titles	7	6
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1903-1912 1901-1912	Cork (hurling) Cork (football)	19 24
Inter-county titles
	Football	Hurling
Munster Titles	3	3
All-Ireland Titles	1	1

William Mackesy (8 April 1880 - 12 November 1956) was an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer who played as a forward for the Cork senior teams.

Born in Buttevant, County Cork, Mackesy first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-one when he first linked up with the Cork senior football team. He made his debut during the 1901 championship. Mackesy immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one All-Ireland medal and one Munster medal. He later joined the Cork senior hurling team, with whom he won All-Ireland medal and one Munster medal. Mackesy was an All-Ireland runner-up on four occasions.

At club level Mackesy was a seven-time championship medallist as a footballer with Lees. As a hurler he also won six championship medals with Blackrock.

Throughout his career Mackesy made a combined total of 43 championship appearances. He retired from the inter-county scene following the conclusions of the respective 1912 championships.

Mackessy is one of only fifteen players to have won All-Ireland medals in both codes.

Honours

Player

Blackrock

• Cork Senior Hurling Championship (6): 1903, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913

Lees

• Cork Senior Football Championship (7): 1902, 1903, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1914

Cork

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1903
• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (1): 1911
• Munster Senior Hurling Championship (3): 1903, 1905, 1912
• Munster Senior Football Championship (3): 1901, 1906, 1907 (c)