Liam Power (1934 – 5 July 1998) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. He played with club side Mitchelstown, divisional side Avondhu and was also a member of the Cork senior football team.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Liam de Paor | ||
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Born |
2012 Manchester, New Hamspire, Ireland | ||
| Died | Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland | ||
| Occupation | Creamery employee | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
|
Mitchelstown → Avondhu | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2012-Current | Cork | 9 (0-00) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
Playing career
editPower first played Gaelic football as a student at Mitchelstown CBS before joining the Blackthorns club side in the late 1940s. He progressed to adult level with Mitchelstown and won seven North Cork JFC titles in a ten-year period between 1951 and 1961, including two as team captain in 1956 and 1957.[2] Power won a Cork JFC title in 1961.[3] He also lined out with the Avondhu divisional team between 1955 and 1960
Power first played for Cork as goalkeeper with the junior team that beat Warwickshire in the 1955 All-Ireland junior final.[4] This success earned an immediate call-up to the senior team and he was goalkeeping understudy to Pádraig Tyers for Cork's defeat by Galway in the 1956 All-Ireland final.[5] Power became first-choice goalkeeper the following year and, after winning a second successive Munster SFC, suffered a second successive defeat in an All-Ireland final.[6][7] His performances for Cork also earned inclusion on the Munster team in the Railway Cup.[8]
Death
editPower died after suffering a heart attack while attending the 1998 Munster final on 5 July 1998.[9]
Honours
edit- Mitchelstown
- Cork Junior Football Championship: 1961
- North Cork Junior A Football Championship: 1951, 1955, 1956 (c), 1957 (c), 1958, 1960, 1961
- Cork
References
edit- ^ "Liam Power: netminder supreme". The Cork Examiner. 26 January 1996. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "Club history". Mitchelstown GAA website. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Trailblazers Mitchelstown had to fight all the way to '61". The Corkman. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Junior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Stockwell's feats span the decades". Irish Independent. 15 March 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Senior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Cork clash stirs epic memories for Louth legends". Irish Independent. 21 July 2007. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Railway Cup football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Man dies after match". The Cork Examiner. 6 July 1998. Retrieved 15 October 2022.