Niall Patterson

Irish hurler

Niall Patterson
Personal information
Irish name Niall Mac Pháidín
Sport Hurling
Position Goalkeeper
Born (1962-01-02) 2 January 1962 (age 62)
Cloughmills, County Antrim,
Northern Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Nickname Big Neilly
Occupation Musician
Club(s)
Years Club
Loughgiel Shamrocks
Club titles
Antrim titles 2
Ulster titles 1
All-Ireland Titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1979-1992
Antrim 18 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 3
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
All Stars 0

Niall Patterson (born 2 January 1962) is a former hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Antrim senior team.

Patterson made his first appearance for the team during the 1979 "B" championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen for over a decade. During that time he won two All-Ireland "B" medals and three Ulster medals.[1]

At club level Patterson is an All-Ireland club medalist with Loughgiel Shamrocks. In addition to this he has also won one Ulster club medal and two county club championship medals.

Honours

Loughgiel Shamrocks
Antrim

References

  1. ^ "Antrim GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
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Achievements
Preceded by
Jimmy O'Brien
(James Stephens)
All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Final
winning captain

1983
Succeeded by
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Antrim – 1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up
Subs used
17 D. McNaughton for D. McMullan
20 D. McKillop for G. O'Kane
21 M. Sullivan for D. McKinley
Subs not used
16 P. McStravick
18 S. P. McKillop
19 G. Rogan
22 A. Murray
23 C. Murphy
24 N. Murray
Manager
J. Nelson
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Club Hurling Silver Jubilee Team (1971–1996)


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