Paddy Mc Inerney

Paddy Mc Inerney

Patrick "Paddy" McInerney (1895–1983) was an Irish hurler who played as a corner-back for the Tipperary senior team.

McInerney made his first appearance for the team during the 1918 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his emigration after the 1925 championship. During that time he won two All-Ireland medals, three Munster medals and one Thomond Feis medal. Paddy McInerney was a contemporary of Pa "Fowler" McInerney, also of O'Callihan's Mills, who won Senior County All-Ireland Hurling Championships with Clare in 1916 and Dublin in 1932.

At club level McInerney was a double county championship medalist with Young Irelands.

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