Paddy Kennedy (Sligo Gaelic footballer)
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| Born | 1926 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | April 2011[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gaelic football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Full back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paddy Kennedy (1926-2011) was a Gaelic footballer from County Sligo. He played for the Sligo county team in the 1950s, winning a Connacht Junior Football Championship in 1956. He played his club football with the Tourlestrane club and helped them to a first Sligo Senior Football Championship in 1956. His two sons Fintan and Richard followed in their father's footsteps by winning senior championship medals with Tourlestrane in the 1990s.
References
- ^ "Former Sligo player Paddy Kennedy passes away". Hoganstand.com. 12 April 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2016.