Paul Shefflin (30 June 1980 – 4 March 2022) was an Irish hurler who played at club level with Ballyhale Shamrocks and at inter-county level with the Kilkenny senior hurling team. He usually lined out at wing-back or corner-back.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Pól Ó Sibhleáin | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Right wing-back | ||
| Born |
30 June 1980[1] Ballyhale, County Kilkenny, Ireland | ||
| Died |
4 March 2022 (aged 41) Ballyhale, County Kilkenny, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Occupation | Accountant | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Ballyhale Shamrocks | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Kilkenny titles | 6 | ||
| Leinster titles | 4 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 3 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| Waterford Institute of Technology | |||
| College titles | |||
| Fitzgibbon titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2000–2001 | Kilkenny | 0 (0–00) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 15:52, 12 December 2021. | |||
Career
editShefflin first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Ballyhale Shamrocks club. He simultaneously lined out as a schoolboy with St Kieran's College and subsequently won a Fitzgibbon Cup title with the Waterford Institute of Technology. After joining the Ballyhale Shamrocks senior team, he went on to win three All-Ireland Club Championship medals.[2][3][4] Shefflin first appeared on the inter-county scene as captain of the Kilkenny minor hurling team that lost the 1998 All-Ireland minor final to Cork.[5] He later joined the under-21 team and made a number of appearances for the Kilkenny senior hurling team in pre-season tournaments.
Personal life and death
editShefflin's brothers, John and Tommy, won All-Ireland medals in the minor and under-21 grades. A third brother, Henry Shefflin, won a record ten All-Ireland medals at senior level. After graduating from Waterford Institute of Technology he worked as an accountant.
Shefflin died suddenly, while out running, on 4 March 2022, at the age of 41.[6]
Honours
edit- Waterford Institute of Technology
- Fitzgibbon Cup: 2000
- Ballyhale Shamrocks
- All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship: 2007, 2010, 2015
- Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014
- Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014
- Kilkenny
References
edit- ^ "Kilkenny GAA Yearbook 2022" (PDF). Kilkenny GAA website. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ "Blossom time for Shamrocks". Irish Independent. 18 March 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ "Ballyhale Shamrocks end Portumna's reign". RTÉ Sport. 17 March 2010. Archived from the original on 8 January 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
- ^ Keys, Colm (18 March 2015). "Ballyhale make it six of the best with final stroll". Irish Independent. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ^ Hickey, Paddy (14 September 1998). "Barrett golden goal sets Rebels on path to glory". Irish Independent. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "Paul Shefflin, brother of Kilkenny hurling legend Henry, has died suddenly". Irish Independent. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.