Paddy Morrissey

Irish Gaelic footballer

Paddy Morrissey
Personal information
Irish name	Padraig Ó Muireasa
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Right wing-back
Born	1955 Bansha, County Tipperary, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Galtee Rovers
Club titles
Tipperary titles	3
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1977-1984	Tipperary
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	0
All-Irelands	0
NFL	0
All Stars	0

Paddy Morrissey (born 1955) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played for the Tipperary senior team.

Born in Bansha, County Tipperary, Morrissey first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor team before later joining the under-21 and junior sides. He joined the Tipperary senior panel during the 1976 championship. Morrissey subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen.

At club level Morrissey is a three-time championship medallist with Galtee Rovers.

Morrissey retired from inter-county football following the conclusion of the 1984 championship.

In retirement from playing Morrissey became involved in team management and coaching. He served as a selector with the Tipperary minor and junior teams before taking charge of the senior team as manager.^[1]

Honours

Player

Galtee Rovers

Tipperary Senior Football Championship (3): 1976, 1980, 1981

References

^ Roche, Pat (2 June 1997). "Tipperary have the last laugh in comedy of errors". Irish Times. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Séamus MCarthy	Tipperary Senior Football Manager 1996-1997	Succeeded by Colm Browne

Tipperary football team – managers

J. Mulvihill (1985–90)
M. Niblock (1990–91)
S. McCarthy (1991–96)
P. Morrissey (1996–97)
C. Browne (1997–99)
C. O'Flaherty (1999–00)
T. McGlinchey (2000–03)
A. Shortall (2003–04)
S. McCarthy (2004–06)
J. Owens (2006–07)
J. Evans (2007–12)
P. Creedon (2012–15)
L. Kearns (2015–19)
D. Power (2019–23)
P. Kelly (2023–)

U-20/U-21

Under-21 (1964–2017)	S. McCarthy (1985–88) C. O'Flaherty (1988–91) N. Byrne (1991–94) J. Cummins (1994–96) D. Ryan (1996–97) S. McCarthy (1997–99) W. Moloney (1999–01) J. Cummins (2001–03) S. McCarthy (2005–06) P. Creedon (2006–08) J. Evans (2008–12) D. Power (2012–14) T. Toomey (2014–16) D. Browne (2016–17)
Under-20 (2018–present)	D. Power (2017–18) T. McGlinchey (2018–20/1?) P. Christie (2021–)

Minor
T. Kirwan (2000–01) T. O'Connor (2001–03) P. Creedon (2003–06) P. Ryan (2006–08) D. Power (2008–12) C. McGeever (2012–2015) T. Toomey (2015–?) M. O'Doherty (2017–?) P. Creedon (2018–)

Junior
B. Guiry (1985–86) W. Robinson (1986–88) J. Mulvihill (1988–90) W. Robinson (1990–95) C. O'Dwyer (1995–96) P. Morrissey (1996–97) S. McCarthy (1997–03) L. Molloy (2003–05) C. O'Dwyer (2005–07) P. Savage (2007–09) T. Toomey (2009–11) J. O'Meara (2011–13) D. Power (2013–14) T. Toomey (2014–)