Tom Moriarty (Gaelic footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Tomás Ó Muireartaigh | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Midfield | ||
| Born |
1928 Castlegregory, Ireland | ||
| Died |
16 January 2002 (aged 73) Galway, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Occupation | Bank official | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
1944–1946 1947 1948–1958 |
Austin Stacks Dohenys Clonakilty | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1948–1949 1951–1952 1953–1958 |
Kerry Cork Kerry |
1 (0–00) 3 (2–03) 14 (0–03) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 4 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 15:36, 18 September 2021. | |||
Thomas Moriarty (1928 – 16 January 2002) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with Austin Stacks, Dohenys and Clonakilty and was a member of the Cork and Kerry senior football teams. Moriarty usually lined out as a midfielder.
Career[edit]
Moriarty first came to Gaelic football prominence as a student with Tralee CBS, winning consecutive Corn Uí Mhuirí titles in 1944 and 1945. By this stage he had already began his adult club career with the Austin Stacks club. His occupation as a bank official resulted in him joining lining out with a number of clubs, firstly with Dohenys in Dunmanway and later with Clonakilty. He captained the latter to a County Championship success in 1952.[1] Moriarty first appeared on the inter-county scene as captain of the Kerry minor football team that won the All-Ireland Minor Championship in 1946.[2] He was drafted onto the Kerry senior football team in 1949 but later won an All-Ireland Junior Championship title with Cork in 1951. This success resulted in his elevation to the senior team and he won National League and Munster Championship titles in 1952. Moriarty declared for Kerry in February 1953, however, he was later served with a 12-month suspension for lining out in a rugby game.[3][4] He resumed his position on the Kerry team the following year and won three Munster Championship titles in five seasons as well as an All-Ireland Championship title in 1955.[5] Moriarty's career was brought to a premature end when he broke his leg during the 1958 All-Ireland semi-final defeat by Derry.
Personal life and death[edit]
Born in Cappagh, Castlegregory, Moriarty began his banking career with AIB in Dunmanway, before progressing through the ranks in Clonakilty and Cork city. He was then chosen on a specialist team to set up the British operations of AIB. Moriarty returned to Cork for a period before taking up the position of manager of the Castle Street branch of AIB in Tralee in the early 1970s. He was appointed Regional Manager for Kerry in 1975 and, six years later, was appointed General Manager West, based in Galway. He retired in 1988.
Moriarty died on 16 January 2002, aged 73.[6]
Honours[edit]
- Tralee CBS
- Corn Uí Mhuirí: 1944, 1945
- Clonakilty
- Cork
- Munster Senior Football Championship: 1952
- National Football League: 1951-52
- All-Ireland Junior Football Championship: 1951
- Munster Junior Football Championship: 1951
- Kerry
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1955
- Munster Senior Football Championship: 1954, 1955, 1958
- All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: 1946 (c)
- Munster Minor Football Championship: 1945, 1946 (c)
- Munster
- All-Ireland Inter-Provincial Colleges Football Championship: 1947 (c)
References[edit]
- ^ McCarthy, Kieran (1 September 2021). "Thy Kingdom come … and play football with Clonakilty". The Southern Star. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Minor football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Ned Roche, the 'exile', had an indestructible presence". Irish Independent. 21 October 2004. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Tom banking on a successful career". Irish Independent. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Five Epics: The Best of Dublin v Kerry". GAA website. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Moriarty, Tom". Hogan Stand. 1 January 2001. Retrieved 18 September 2021.