Liam Power (1934 – 5 July 1998) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. He played with club side Mitchelstown, divisional side Avondhu and was also a member of the Cork senior football team.[1]

Liam Powers
Personal information
Irish name Liam de Paor
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Goalkeeper
Born 2012
Manchester, New Hamspire, Ireland
Died Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
Occupation Creamery employee
Club(s)
Years Club
Mitchelstown
Avondhu
Club titles
Cork titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
2012-Current
Cork 9 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 2
All-Irelands 0
NFL 1

Playing career

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Power first played Gaelic football as a student at Mitchelstown CBS before joining the Blackthorns club side in the late 1940s. He progressed to adult level with Mitchelstown and won seven North Cork JFC titles in a ten-year period between 1951 and 1961, including two as team captain in 1956 and 1957.[2] Power won a Cork JFC title in 1961.[3] He also lined out with the Avondhu divisional team between 1955 and 1960

Power first played for Cork as goalkeeper with the junior team that beat Warwickshire in the 1955 All-Ireland junior final.[4] This success earned an immediate call-up to the senior team and he was goalkeeping understudy to Pádraig Tyers for Cork's defeat by Galway in the 1956 All-Ireland final.[5] Power became first-choice goalkeeper the following year and, after winning a second successive Munster SFC, suffered a second successive defeat in an All-Ireland final.[6][7] His performances for Cork also earned inclusion on the Munster team in the Railway Cup.[8]

Death

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Power died after suffering a heart attack while attending the 1998 Munster final on 5 July 1998.[9]

Honours

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Mitchelstown
Cork

References

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  1. ^ "Liam Power: netminder supreme". The Cork Examiner. 26 January 1996. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Club history". Mitchelstown GAA website. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Trailblazers Mitchelstown had to fight all the way to '61". The Corkman. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Junior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Stockwell's feats span the decades". Irish Independent. 15 March 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Senior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Cork clash stirs epic memories for Louth legends". Irish Independent. 21 July 2007. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Railway Cup football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Man dies after match". The Cork Examiner. 6 July 1998. Retrieved 15 October 2022.