Patrick Cantillon (11 December 1874 – 25 March 1924) was an Irish
hurler who played with club side
Redmonds and at inter-county level with the
Cork senior hurling team
The Cork county hurling team represents Cork in hurling and is governed by Cork GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Hurling C ...
.
Playing career
Born in
Ballinlough,
Cork
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, Cantillon first played hurling as a member of the
Redmonds club. He was a member of the club's senior team when they won back-to-back
County Senior Championships in
1900
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and
1901
Events
January
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. These victories earned Cantillon a call-up to the
Cork senior hurling team
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for the
1901 Munster Championship. He took over the
captaincy
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of the team midway through the championship and won a
Munster Championship
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medal after a win over
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. Cantillon later captained Cork to a defeat by
London
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in the
1901 All-Ireland final.
He won a second successive Munster Championship medal in
1902
Events
January
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, but was not included on the team for their subsequent success in the
1902 All-Ireland final.
Honours
;Redmonds
*
Cork Senior Hurling Championship
The Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-Op Superstores Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Cork PSHC) is an annual club hurling competition organised by the Cork County B ...
(2):
1900
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), ...
,
1901
Events
January
* January 1 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton becomes the first Prime Min ...
;Cork
*
Munster Senior Hurling Championship
The Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Munster Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurlin ...
(2):
1901
Events
January
* January 1 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton becomes the first Prime Min ...
,
1902
Events
January
* January 1
** The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world's ...
References
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1874 births
1924 deaths
Redmond's hurlers
Cork inter-county hurlers