Philip Cahill
Quick Facts
Biography
Philip Cahill (born November 1966) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Cloyne, divisional side Imokilly and at inter-county level was a member of the Cork senior hurling team. Cahill usually lined out as a forward.
Career
Cahill first played hurling and Gaelic football at juvenile and underage levels with the Cloyne club. He subsequently spent 25 seasons as a player at adult level with the club and won several divisional titles as a dual player as well as a Cork JAHC title in 1987 and a Cork IHC title in 1997. He also earned selection with the Imokilly divisional team and secured the full set of county winners' medals by claiming a Cork SHC title in 1997. Cahill was also part of the Cloyne senior team that lost three consecutive county finals from 2004 to 2006.
Cahill first appeared on the inter-county scene during an unsuccessful tenure with the Cork minor and under-21 teams. He progressed onto the Cork junior hurling team and was part of the All-Ireland JHC-winning team in 1987. Cahill made a number of National Hurling League appearances with the Cork senior hurling team between 1987 and 1989, however, he was never selected for the championship team. He ended his inter-county career as part of the Cork intermediate hurling team that beat Galway in the 1997 All-Ireland intermediate final.
Career statistics
Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
Cork | 1987-88 | Division 1 | 5 | 0-00 | — | — | 5 | 0-00 | ||
1988-89 | Division 2 | 3 | 0-01 | — | — | 3 | 0-01 | |||
Career total | 8 | 0-01 | — | — | 8 | 0-01 |
Honours
- Cloyne
- Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship: 1997
- Cork Junior A Hurling Championship: 1987
- East Cork Junior A Football Championship: 2001
- East Cork Junior A Hurling Championship: 1986, 1987
- Imokilly
- Cork Senior Hurling Championship: 1997
- Cork
- All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship: 1997
- Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship: 1997
- All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship: 1987
- Munster Junior Hurling Championship: 1987, 1992