| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Dual player | ||
| Born | Portlaoise, County Laois | ||
| Nickname | Zoom, GOAT | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Portlaoise | |||
Pat Critchley is a sportsman from County Laois, Ireland. He has played at senior level in hurling, football and handball.[1] He is a member of Portlaoise GAA club, with whom he won eight Laois Senior county championships - four each in hurling and football. He was announced the GOAT after guiding IT Carlow to the Sigerson cup final 2020.
Playing career
Critchley has won one Leinster and one All-Ireland club football championship with Portlaoise. Critchley also won one Limerick county Football championship.
He was awarded Laois's sole hurling All Stars Award in 1985.[2]
Coaching career
Critchley has coached Scoil Chriost Ri, Portlaoise basketball teams to eleven All-Ireland finals, winning five, and led the school to an All-Ireland football title.
Critchley occupies a full-time coaching and development role with the Laois GAA County Board and is the instigator of the successful Setanta Hurling program and the follow on Cuchulainn program.[3]
Personal life
Pat was a physical education teacher at Scoil Chriost Ri, Portlaoise.[2] His autobiography is called Hungry Hill.[2]
References
- ^ Hogan, Vincent (20 February 1999). "Critchley's Éire Óg march to new beat". Irish Independent. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ a b c Steven Miller (29 August 2017). "Tributes paid as Pat Critchley calls time on teaching career". Laois Today. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ Christy O'Connor (15 July 2019). "Six-county Leinster won't fix GAA's scandalous failure of hurling". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 15 July 2019.