Peter Queally
Personal information
Irish name Peadar Ó Caollaí
Sport Hurling
Position Midfield
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Occupation Garda
Club(s)
Years Club
 Newtown-Ballydurn
Sarsfields
Club titles
Waterford titles 0
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
1989-2003
 Waterford 20 (0-06)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 1
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
All Stars 0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 22:40, 4 September 2019.

Peter Queally is an Irish former hurler and Gaelic footballer who played for Waterford Championship club Newtown-Ballydurn and Cork Championship club Sarsfields. He played for the Waterford senior hurling team for 14 years, during which time he usually lined out at midfield.[1]

Playing career

Club

Queally plays his club hurling with his local club Newtown-Ballydurn GAA in Waterford.[2] The club presently participates at Junior level. Due to his profession as a Garda, Queally was stationed in Cork City for a number of years. Because of this, Queally also had a stint playing for Sarsfields GAA of Glanmire in the Cork Senior Hurling Championship in the late 1990s. He now manages Passage East Hurling Club and led them to their first Senior County Final but losing the Munster Semi-Final to Na Piarsigh by 2 points in The Gaelic Grounds

Inter-county

Queally had a long playing career with the Waterford Senior Hurling Team from the early 1990s up to 2003.[1] During his playing career, Queally played in several Munster Senior Hurling Finals, winning the Munster Championship in 2002. Queally retired from inter-county hurling in 2003.[1] In 2008 Queally returned to the inter-county setup in the role of selector,[1] alongside Davy Fitzgerald and Maurice Geary. With Queally on board, Waterford managed to reach their first All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final since 1963. Waterford lost to Kilkenny in the final. Peter also played inter-county with Waterford Football and won an All-Ireland Junior Football Medal.

Managerial career

Queally joined Davy Fitzgerald's backroom team at the beginning of Fitzgerald's second spell as Waterford senior hurling team manager, having previously been Roanmore manager until then.[3]

Honours

As a player

Newtown-Ballydurn
Waterford
Munster

As a manager

Passage

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "No looking back for Queally, it's full steam ahead". Irish Independent. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
  2. ↑ "Newtown/Ballydurn". Retrieved 12 March 2009.
  3. ↑ Lawlor, Damian (6 September 2022). "Tipperary legend Eoin Kelly joins Davy Fitzgerald's Waterford backroom team". RTÉ.
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