Pat Kavanagh (Cork hurler)

Patrick Kavanagh (born 1952) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer and hurler. At club level he played with Blackrock and St. Michael's and was also a member of the Cork senior football team.

Career

Kavanagh first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with Blackrock. He was part of the club's minor team that won three successive Cork MHC titles from 1967 to 1969. Kavanagh subsequently joined the Blackrock senior team and was part of three All-Ireland SCHC-winning teams.^[1] His performances at underage club level earned a call-up to the Cork minor hurling team and, after losing the 1968 All-Ireland minor final to Wexford, went on to secure consecutive All-Ireland MHC titles in 1969 and as team captain in 1970.^[2]^[3]

Kavanagh was drafted onto the Cork under-21 team while still a member of the minor side and he won three All-Ireland U21HC titles in four seasons from 1970 to 1973.^[4] He never earned selection with the Cork senior hurling team.^[5] Kavanagh was part of the St. Michael's senior team that lost three successive Cork SFC finals from 1976 to 1978.^[6] He lined out with the Cork senior football team during the 1979 Munster SFC.

^ "Senior Hurling (Club)". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
^ "Cork minor hurling teams: 1928-1969" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
^ "MINOR HURLERS: Realising their potential in the top flight". The Southern Star. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
^ "Cork U21 hurling teams: 1964-1979" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
^ "Minor prodigies don't always make senior step up". The Corkman. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
^ "St Michael's have a point to prove after previous county final disappointments". Echo Live. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

Pat Kavanagh navigation boxes

Sporting positions
Preceded by Seán Collins	Cork minor hurling team captain 1970	Succeeded by Séamus Coughlan
Achievements
Preceded by Tom Byrne	All-Ireland Minor Hurling Final winning captain 1970	Succeeded by John Buckley

v t e Blackrock – 1972 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Champions (1st title)
1 B. Hurley 2 P. Casey 3 P. Geary 4 J. Horgan (C) 5 S. Murphy 6 F. Cummins 7 F. Norberg 8 M. Murphy 9 P. Kavanagh 10 D. Collins 11 R. Cummins 12 P. Moylan 13 B. Cummins 14 J. Rothwell 15 D. Prendergast

v t e Blackrock – 1974 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Champions (2nd title)
1 T. Murphy 2 J. Rothwell 3 P. Geary 4 J. Horgan (C) 5 F. Cummins 6 C. O'Brien 7 F. Norberg 8 J. Russell 9 P. Moylan 10 P. Kavanagh 11 J. O'Halloran 12 D. Collins 13 D. Prendergast 14 R. Cummins 15 É. O'Donoghue Subs: S. Kearney D. Buckley for S. Kearney Played in drawn game: B. Cummins

v t e Blackrock – 1976 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship runners-up
1 T. Murphy 2 F. Norberg 3 C. O'Brien 4 D. MacCurtain 5 A. Creagh 6 J. Horgan 7 J. Murphy 8 F. Cummins 9 J. Rothwell 10 P. Moylan 11 D. Collins 12 P. Kavanagh 13 É. O'Sullivan 14 R. Cummins 15 É. O'Donoghue Subs: T. Lyons for D. Collins D. Prendergast for P. Moylan

v t e Cork – 1968 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship runners-up
1 M. Coleman 2 J. Horgan 3 B. Cummins 4 M. Bohane 5 B. Coleman 6 S. Looney 7 T. O'Shea 8 K. McSweeney 9 G. O'Sullivan 10 M. Bohane 11 P. Ring 12 T. Buckley 13 D. McCarthy (c) 14 J. Rothwell 15 M. Malone Sub used P. Kavanagh for M. Ryan Subs not used S. Collins W. Glavin J. Lynch D. Callanan

Cork – 1969 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Champions (9th title)

v t e Cork – 1970 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Champions (10th title)
1 D. O'Brien 2 M. Corbett 3 L. Kelly 4 B. Murphy 5 V. Twomey 6 M. O'Doherty 7 J. Buckley 8 P. Kavanagh (c) 9 N. Crowley 10 G. Hanley 11 S. O'Farrell 12 T. Sheehan 13 D. Relihan 14 T. Crowley 15 S. O'Leary Subs not used 16 D. Ryan 17 T. Canavan 18 M. Lynch 19 P. Buckley 20 P. O'Connell Selectors F. Murphy M O'Brien P. O'Mahony J. O'Donoghue Trainer B. Troy

Cork – 1970 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Champions (4th title)

Subs not used: P. Lawton; T. O'Shea; P. Kavanagh; M. O'Doherty; J. O'Sullivan; P. Barry; T. Buckley; D. Collins

Cork – 1971 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Champions (5th title)

Subs used: P. Casey for S. O'Farrell; D. Collins for É. Fitzpatrick; P. Kavanagh for S. Looney

Cork – 1973 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Champions (6th title)

This page was last edited on 5 April 2023, at 21:55