Pádraig Carney
Athlete
1928 –
Who is Pádraig Carney?
Pádraig Carney is a former Gaelic footballer who played as a centre-forward for the Mayo senior team.
Carney first played for the senior team while he was still a minor in the 1946 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the National League final in 1954. During that time he won two All-Ireland medals, four Connacht medals and two National League medals. Carney also had the distinction of being the first player to score a goal from a penalty in an All-Ireland final.
Carney played club football with a range of clubs, however, it was with Castlebar Mitchels that he won two county championship medals.
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