Paddy Riordan

Paddy Riordan

Personal information
Irish name	Pádraig Ó Riordán
Sport	Hurling
Position	Left corner-forward
Born	1871 Drombane, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died	March 1941 (aged 69) Long Island, New York City, United States
Occupation	Labourer
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Drombane Upperchurch-Drombane Thurles
Club titles
Tipperary titles	3
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1894-1907	Tipperary
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	2
All-Irelands	2

Patrick J. "Paddy" Riordan (1871 - March 1941) was an Irish hurler who played as a forward for the Tipperary senior team.

Born in Drombane, County Tipperary, Riordan first excelled at hurling in his youth. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-three when he first linked up with the Tipperary senior team. He made his debut during the 1894 championship. Riordan went on to play a key part for Tipperary, and won two All-Ireland medals and two Munster medals.

At club level Riordan was a three-time championship medallist. He began his club career with Drombane before later joining Upperchurch-Drombane and Thurles.

Riordan retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1907 championship.

Honours

Team

Drombane

• Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1894

Thurles

• Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1906, 1907

Tipperary

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1895, 1906
• Munster Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1895, 1906