Peadar Quealy

Peadar Quealy

Personal information
Irish name	Peadar Ó Caollaí
Sport	Hurling
Position	Centre-forward
Born	1956[1] Roscrea, County Tipperary, Ireland
Occupation	Primary school principal
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Roscrea Inane Rovers
Club titles
Tipperary titles	1
Colleges(s)
Years	College
	University College Cork
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1977-1981	Tipperary	5 (1-05)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	0
All-Irelands	0
NHL	1
All Stars	0

Peadar N. Quealy (born 1956) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Roscrea and was also a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team.^[2]

Career

Quealy first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with Roscrea and won a divisional minor title in 1974. He also lined out as a Gaelic footballer with Inane Rovers and won a Tipperary U21AFC title in 1977. As a student at University College Dublin Quealy was called-up to the college hurling team and won a Fitzgibbon Cup medal in 1979.^[3] By this stage he had already joined the Roscrea senior team and won a Tipperary SHC title in 1980.^[4] Quealy also won two North Tipperary SHC titles, including one as team captain.

Quealy first played for Tipperary during a two-year tenure as a dual player at minor level in 1973 and 1974. He continued his dual status to under-21 level, however, his underage career ended without any silverware. Queally was drafted onto the Tipperary senior hurling team in 1977 and won a National League medal in 1979.^[5] He served as team captain in 1981.^[6]

Honours

University College Dublin

• Fitzgibbon Cup: 1979

Inane Rovers

• Tipperary Under-21 A Football Championship: 1977

Roscrea

• Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship: 1980
• North Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship: 1980, 1982 (c)
• North Tipperary Minor A Hurling Championship: 1974

Tipperary

• National Hurling League: 1978-79

References

1. "Peter N Quealy in 1956". Find My Past website. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
2. "John Quealy – An Appreciation". Tipperary Live. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
3. "UCC's Fitzgibbon Cup dominance: 'If Fr O'Brien told us we were going to win, we felt we could'". Irish Examiner. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
4. "Club History - Our History". Roscrea GAA website. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
5. "Tipperary profile". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
6. "Tipperary teams: 1980-1989". Premier View website. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

External links

• Peadar Quealy player profile