Tadhg O'Driscoll
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Tadhg Ó Drisceoil | |||||
| Sport | Gaelic football | |||||
| Position | Centre-forward | |||||
| Born |
3 December 1919 Ballycotton, County Cork, Ireland | |||||
| Died |
16 February 1986 (aged 66) Ballycotton, County Cork, Ireland | |||||
| Occupation | Publican | |||||
| Club(s) | ||||||
| Years | Club | |||||
|
Cork titles | 1 | |||||
| Inter-county(ies) | ||||||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | ||||
1945-1949 | Cork | 2 (0-02) | ||||
| Inter-county titles | ||||||
| Munster titles | 2 | |||||
| All-Irelands | 1 | |||||
| NFL | 0 | |||||
Timothy O'Driscoll (3 December 1919 – 16 February 1986), known as Tadhg O'Driscoll was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for club side Fermoy and at senior level with the Cork county team.
Playing career
O'Driscoll first came to prominence as a
O'Driscoll won a second Munster Championship with the Cork seniors shortly before his retirement from the inter-county game in 1949.Personal life and death
Born in
County Championship honours with four different clubs. His brother, Paddy O'Driscoll, also played for Cork and went on to become chairman of the Cork County Board. O'Driscoll spent the majority of his working life as a publican. He died in Ballycotton on 16 February 1986.[citation needed
]
Honours
- Fermoy
- Cork Senior Football Championship: 1945
- Cork
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1945
- Munster Senior Football Championship: 1945, 1949
- Munster Junior Football Championship: 1940
References
- ^ "Clon connections to Cork success in 1945". West Cork People. September 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "A football life less ordinary". The Anglo-Celt. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ Keys, Colm (31 July 2013). "Bailieborough and the Cavan goalkeeping connection". Irish Independent. Retrieved 3 April 2021.