Billy Mackesy
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (H) Cork (F) |
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
Blackrock and was a member of the Cork senior teams in both codes. Mackessy is one of only fifteen players to have won All-Ireland medals in both codes.[1]
Career
Mackesy first came to prominence playing with
All-Ireland final defeat of Antrim. After making 43 championship appearances he retired from inter-county duty in 1912, by which time Mackesy had also claimed six Munster Championship medals across both codes.[2][3]
Personal life
Mackesy was born in Buttevant, County Cork but began his business career after moving to Kinsale. He later worked as a draper in the Munster Arcade in Cork city before opening his first licensed premises in 1912. He opened a second on Oliver Plunkett Street six years later. Mackesy married Anne Glavin, who died during childbirth. The baby’s name was Aidan. He then married Eileen Sullivan and had 6 children.
Mackesy died at the Bon Secours Hospital in Cork on 12 November 1956. He had been in a ill health for a number of years with diabetes.[4]
Honours
- Blackrock
- Lees
- Cork
- 1903
- 1911
- Munster Senior Hurling Championship: 1903, 1905, 1912
- Munster Senior Football Championship: 1901, 1906, 1907 (c)
References
- ^ Breheny, Martin (28 August 2001). "Teddy sounds warning to dual chasing Kerins". Irish Independent. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Senior hurling". Munster GAA website. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Senior Football". Munster GAA website. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Obituary of Billy Mackesy". Finbarr J. Connolly website. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
