Paudie Fitzmaurice

Paudie Fitzmaurice

Personal information
Irish name	Pádraig Mac Muiris
Sport	Hurling
Position	Wing-Forward
Born	Limerick, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Killeedy GAA
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1973–1981	Limerick
Inter-county titles
All Stars	1

Paudie Fitzmaurice (born 16 November 1949) is a hurler from Killeedy in County Limerick, Ireland, who featured in Limerick hurling teams of the 1970s. Fitzmaurice was part of the Limerick county hurling team which won the All-Ireland in 1973,^[1][2]) as well as in the 1974, 1980 and 1981 teams. He was captain when Limerick won the 1981 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final.^[3] He is a two-time National League winner,^[4] and finished as top scorer when captaining Maynooth College to victory in the Fitzgibbon Cup in 1974.^[5][6] His achievements as a player were recognised in 1984 when Fitzmaurice received an All-Star award.^[7] Fitzmaurice continued to play competitive hurling for his native Killeedy until 1996.^[8]

Fitzmaurice was named manager of the Sligo hurling team in January 2003.^[9] but resigned after harsh criticism in May of that year.^[10][11]

He trained for the priesthood in St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, as did his brother Fr. Willie Fitzmaurice, who also played hurling for Limerick.

Teaching

Fitzmaurice attended Trinity College Dublin,^{[citation needed]} and is a former member of staff at St. Munchin's College, where he taught mathematics, applied mathematics and physics. He currently^[when?] teaches mathematics and hurling at Castletroy College in Limerick. Before that, he served as institute chaplain at Limerick Institute of Technology.^[12]

Hurling style

Paudie and his brother Willie were noted for their unusual hurling technique. When striking the sliotar, the Fitzmaurice brothers did not bend their elbows.^[13][14]

Notes

1. "LIMERICK 1973 ALL". Doonbleisce.com. 2 September 1973. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
2. "Hurling Results 1971–1990 | Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Official Website". GAA.ie. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
3. Munster Senior Hurling Teams – Munster GAA Web Site Archived 30 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
4. Sligo Weekender: Paudie’s new dawn? Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
5. Fitzgibbon Cup Final Top Scorers Archived 31 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
6. Fitzgibbon Cup Winning Captains Archived 31 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
7. "Hurling All Stars 80's | Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Official Website". GAA.ie. Archived from the original on 27 April 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
8. 1996 Archived 13 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine
9. HighBeam^{[dead link‍]}
10. "RTÉ Sport: Fitzmaurice quits Sligo hurling post". RTÉ.ie. 6 May 2003. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
11. "Sligo Weekender – 2003/05/13: Chairman seeks to end crisis". Archives.tcm.ie. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
12. Annual Reports of the Regional Technical College of Limerick 1995-1998
13. "1980 All-Ireland Hurling Final Galway Limerick 1st half". YouTube. 13 February 2011. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
14. "1980 All-Ireland Hurling Final Galway Limerick 2nd half". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2011.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Seán Foley	Limerick Senior Hurling Captain 1981	Succeeded by Joe McKenna