Patrick Joseph Mullally (born 29 April 1976) is an Irish hurling coach and former player. At club level, he played with Glenmore and at inter-county level with the Kilkenny senior hurling team.

Playing career

Born and raised in Glenmore, County Kilkenny, Mullally played hurling and Gaelic football at all levels as a student at Good Counsel College in New Ross. He was part of the school's senior team that won the All-Ireland Colleges SBFC title after a defeat of St Colman's College in 1993.^[1] Mullally later attended Waterford Regional Technical College and won a Fitzgibbon Cup medal after a 1–19 to 1–08 win over University of Limerick.^[2]

At club level, Mullally first played for Glenmore as a dual player at juvenile and underage levels before progressing to adult level. He was a Leinster Club SHC medal winner in 1995, having earlier claimed his first Kilkenny SHC medal. Mullally was part of Glenmore's Kilkenny SFC title-winning team in 1998, before adding a second SHC medal to his collection the following year. He ended his career by winning a second SFC medal after a 2–07 to 0–10 win over Muckalee in 2009.

Meally first appeared on the inter-county scene with Kilkenny as part of the minor team that won the Leinster MHC title in 1994.^[3] He progressed to the under-21 team and was a Leinster U21HC medallist before losing to Tipperary in the 1995 All-Ireland U20HC final.

As well as being part of the under-21 team, Mullally began his association with the senior team in 1995.^[4] He spent a number of years as a dual player at senior level and served as captain of the Kilkenny senior football team.^[5] Mullally joined the senior hurling team on a full-time basis in 1999 and won the first of four Leinster SHC medals that year.^[6][7] He was an unused substitute when Kilkenny beat Offaly by 5–15 to 1–14 in the 2000 All-Ireland SHC final.^[8] Mullally added a National Hurling League title to his collection in 2002, before collecting an All-Ireland SHC medal on the field of play after a three-point defeat of Cork in the 2003 All-Ireland SHC final.^[9]

Mullally and his brother Richie were unused substitutes for the 2004 All-Ireland SHC final defeat by Cork.^[10] Their father died on the day before the final.^[11] Mullally withdrew from the panel in January 2005.^[12]

Management career

Mullally first became involved in team management and coaching at club level with Glenmore when he coached the club's under-21 team. He later served as a selector with the club's senior team when they won the All-Ireland Club JHC title in 2016. Mullally was involved in camogie coaching with the Waterford Institute of Technology, before serving as a selector with the Kilkenny senior camogie team when they won the All-Ireland SCC title in 2016.^[13] He took over as manager of the Mullinavat senior hurling team in 2018, before spending two years as a coach to the Carlow senior hurling team under the management of his brother Tom.^[14][15]

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