Philip Cahill
Personal information
Irish name Pilib Ó Cathail
Sport Hurling
Position Full-forward
Born November 1966
Cloyne, County Cork, Ireland
Club(s)
Years Club Apps (scores)
1984-2008
1985-1997
 Cloyne
→ Imokilly		 35 (6-17)
29 (12-52)
Club titles
Cork titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1987-1989
 Cork 0 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
All Stars 0

Philip Cahill (born November 1966) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Cloyne, divisional side Imokilly and at inter-county level was a member of the Cork senior hurling team. Cahill usually lined out as a forward.

Career

Cahill first played hurling and Gaelic football at juvenile and underage levels with the Cloyne club. He subsequently spent 25 seasons as a player at adult level with the club and won several divisional titles as a dual player as well as a Cork JAHC title in 1987 and a Cork IHC title in 1997.[1] He also earned selection with the Imokilly divisional team and secured the full set of county winners' medals by claiming a Cork SHC title in 1997.[2] Cahill was also part of the Cloyne senior team that lost three consecutive county finals from 2004 to 2006.[3][4][5]

Cahill first appeared on the inter-county scene during an unsuccessful tenure with the Cork minor and under-21 teams. He progressed onto the Cork junior hurling team and was part of the All-Ireland JHC-winning team in 1987.[6] Cahill made a number of National Hurling League appearances with the Cork senior hurling team between 1987 and 1989, however, he was never selected for the championship team. He ended his inter-county career as part of the Cork intermediate hurling team that beat Galway in the 1997 All-Ireland intermediate final.[7]

Career statistics

Team Year National League Munster All-Ireland Total
DivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Cork 1987-88 Division 1 50-00——50-00
1988-89 Division 2 30-01——30-01
Career total 80-01——80-01

Honours

Cloyne
Imokilly
Cork

References

  1. ↑ "Rockchapel hoping to take yet another step towards first junior football final and title since 1987". Irish Independent. 25 April 2002. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "O'Leary guiding light". Irish Times. 6 October 1997. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. ↑ O'Flynn, Diarmuid (1 November 2004). "Piarsaigh storm to Cork title". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Newtown's all-star cast back in business". Irish Independent. 17 October 2005. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Paradise regained for Erin's Own". Irish Examiner. 23 October 2006. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Junior hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Intermediate hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
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