Mick McCarthy (Gaelic footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Mícheál Mac Cárthaigh | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Left corner-forward | ||
| Born |
8 May 1965 Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland | ||
| Died |
5 February 1998 (aged 32) Wilton, Cork, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Nickname | Small Mick | ||
| Occupation | Oil company area manager | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | Apps (scores) | |
1982-1998 1983-1985 |
O'Donovan Rossa → Carbery |
36 (15-170) 5 (1-10) | |
| Club titles | |||
Cork titles | 1 | ||
| Munster titles | 1 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1985-1993 | Cork | 17 (3-22) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 4 | ||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Michael McCarthy (8 May 1965 – 5 February 1998) was an Irish
Cork senior football team
.
Early life
Born and raised in Skibbereen, County Cork, Mick first played as a schoolboy in various juvenile competitions at St. Patrick's Boys' National School before later lining out as a student at St. Fachtna's De La Salle College in Cork. He was a member of the first St. Fachtna's team to win the Simcox Cup in 1981 before claiming the Corn Uí Mhuirí title in 1982.[1]
Club career
McCarthy began his club career during a four-year tenure with the
St. Finbarr's
in 1984.
After losing consecutive
1992-93 season after scoring 6-60 across all three competitions.[6]
McCarthy was top scorer for the 1994 Cork SFC campaign which eventually ended with O'Donovan Rossa being beaten by Castlehaven in the final.[7][8] His last championship game for the club was an 11-point defeat by University College Cork in the 1997 second round.
Inter-county career
McCarthy began a two-year association with the
All-Ireland U21FC medals from 1984 to 1986.[11][12] During this time, McCarthy was also drafted onto the Cork junior football team and he claimed a winners' medal in that grade after a 22-point defeat of Warwickshire in the 1984 All-Ireland junior final.[13]
McCarthy earned a call-up to the
McCarthy lost his place on the starting fifteen the following year, but won a
O'Donovan Rossa's
1993 All-Ireland final.[22]
Death
McCarthy was returning from a
road traffic accident at the then-unfinished Dunkettle Interchange in Cork on 4 February 1998.[23][24] He suffered extensive injuries and died at Cork University Hospital on 5 February 1998, aged 33.[25] McCarthy was the first member of Cork's 1989-1990
All-Ireland-winning teams to die.
Honours
- St. Fachtna's College
- Corn Uí Mhuirí: 1982
- Simcox Cup: 1981
- O'Donovan Rossa
- 1993(c)
- 1992(c)
- Cork Senior Football Championship: 1992(c)
- Cork Intermediate Football Championship: 1985
- South West Junior A Football Championship: 1982
- Cork Under-21 Football Championship: 1984
- Cork
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1989, 1990
- Munster Senior Football Championship: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993 (c)
- National Football League: 1988–89
- All-Ireland Junior Football Championship: 1984
- Munster Junior Football Championship: 1984
- Munster Minor Football Championship: 1983
References
- ^ "Football heroes who put St Fachtna's de la Salle Skibbereen on the map". The Southern Star. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "One of Rossa's great players for over a decade". O'Donovan Rossa GAA website. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Success at many levels". O'Donovan Rossa GAA website. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "Cork football rewatch: Skibb's win in the 1992 county final had a huge impact". Echo Live. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Superb Éire Óg won admirers during glory years". The Nationalist. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Skibb plan was simple: get the ball to Mick as fast as possible". The Southern Star. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "How West was won in '94". Irish Examiner. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "Castlehaven v O'Donovan Rossa in 1994 was the game that nobody wanted to lose". The Southern Star. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "Minor football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Derry GAA in the 1980s: Laying the building blocks". Derry Now. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Under 21 football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Magnificent 7: A look back at the most memorable U21 finals". Irish Times. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Junior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "Senior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "No love lost in 1988". Irish Times. 21 September 1996. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "What previous drawn finals tell us where the advantage lies". Irish Examiner. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Flashback: 1989 SFC Final – Mayo v Cork". GAA website. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Down memory lane: A potted history of Cork v Mayo". The 42. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Flashback: 1990 All-Ireland SFC Final - Cork v Meath". GAA website. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Cork football rewatch: The chaos and carnage of the 1990 final against Meath". Echo Live. 29 March 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "The Double 30 years on: 'If we kept 15 on the field we would have tarred them'". Irish Examiner. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "That was our year: Derry's 1993 All-Ireland triumph". The Irish News. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Cork football tributes paid to accident victim Mick McCarthy". Irish Times. 6 February 1998. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "CORK DOUBLE 1990: Remembering football stars John Kerins and Michael McCarthy". Irish Examiner. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Horror crash after U-turn on new dual carriageway". Irish Independent. 1 July 1998. Retrieved 28 July 2022.