| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Páidí Ó Mathúna | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Born | 1952 (age 72–73) Killarney,County Kerry, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Occupation | Engineer | ||
| Club | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Spa | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Kerry titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1973-1982 | Kerry | 15 (0-00) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 8 | ||
| All-Irelands | 5 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
Paudie O'Mahony (born 1952) is an Irish formerGaelic footballer. Hisleague andchampionship career at senior level for theKerry county team spanned nine seasons from 1973 to 1982.[1]
O'Mahony made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he was selected for the Kerry minor team in 1970. He spent one championship season with the minor team; however, he was anAll-Ireland MFC runner-up. O'Mahony subsequently joined the Kerry under-21 team, winning anAll-Ireland medal in 1973. Later that year he joined the Kerry senior team, making his debut during the1973–74 league. Over the course of the next nine seasons, O'Mahony won fiveAll-Ireland SFC medals, beginning with a lone triumph on the field of play in 1975, followed by a record-equalling four championships in-a-row as a non-playing substitute from 1978 to 1981. He also won eightMunster SFC medals and oneNational Football League medal. He retired from inter-county football following Kerry's failure to secure a fifth successive All-Ireland SFC title in 1982.[citation needed]
O'Mahony participated in the 2014 series ofOperation Transformation.[2]
O'Mahoney, acivil engineer by profession, ran his own consultancy for 24 years. However, after thepost-2008 Irish economic downturn, he was forced to close it down due to major cash-flow problems.[3]