Philip Cahill (born November 1966) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Cloyne, divisional side Imokilly and at inter-county level was a member of the Cork senior hurling team. Cahill usually lined out as a forward.
Career
Cahill first played hurling and Gaelic football at juvenile and underage levels with the Cloyne club. He subsequently spent 25 seasons as a player at adult level with the club and won several divisional titles as a dual player as well as a Cork JAHC title in 1987 and a Cork IHC title in 1997.[1] He also earned selection with the Imokilly divisional team and secured the full set of county winners' medals by claiming a Cork SHC title in 1997.[2] Cahill was also part of the Cloyne senior team that lost three consecutive county finals from 2004 to 2006.[3][4][5]
Cahill first appeared on the inter-county scene during an unsuccessful tenure with the Cork minor and under-21 teams. He progressed onto the Cork junior hurling team and was part of the All-Ireland JHC-winning team in 1987.[6] Cahill made a number of National Hurling League appearances with the Cork senior hurling team between 1987 and 1989, however, he was never selected for the championship team. He ended his inter-county career as part of the Cork intermediate hurling team that beat Galway in the 1997 All-Ireland intermediate final.[7]
Career statistics
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Cork | 1987-88 | Division 1 | 5 | 0-00 | — | — | 5 | 0-00 | ||
| 1988-89 | Division 2 | 3 | 0-01 | — | — | 3 | 0-01 | |||
| Career total | 8 | 0-01 | — | — | 8 | 0-01 | ||||
Honours
- Cloyne
- Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship: 1997
- Cork Junior A Hurling Championship: 1987
- East Cork Junior A Football Championship: 2001
- East Cork Junior A Hurling Championship: 1986, 1987
- Imokilly
- Cork
- All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship: 1997
- Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship: 1997
- All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship: 1987
- Munster Junior Hurling Championship: 1987, 1992
References
- ^ "Rockchapel hoping to take yet another step towards first junior football final and title since 1987". Irish Independent. 25 April 2002. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ "O'Leary guiding light". Irish Times. 6 October 1997. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ O'Flynn, Diarmuid (1 November 2004). "Piarsaigh storm to Cork title". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- ^ "Newtown's all-star cast back in business". Irish Independent. 17 October 2005. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- ^ "Paradise regained for Erin's Own". Irish Examiner. 23 October 2006. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ "Junior hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Intermediate hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
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