About Paddy Carey
Paddy Carey was a gaelic football player.
Patrick Carey was an Irish Gaelic footballer. His championship career at senior level with the Dublin county team spanned ten seasons from 1919 until 1928.
Carey first played competitive football during a golden age for the O'Tooles club. In ten years from 1918 until 1928 he won nine county senior championship medals with the club before adding a tenth in 1931.
Success at club level saw Carey join the Dublin senior team and he made his debut during the 1919 championship. Over the course of the next decade he enjoyed much success and won three successive All-Ireland medals between 1921 and 1923. He also won five Leinster medals.
Honours
O'Tooles Dublin Senior Football Championship (10): 1918, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1931
Dublin All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (3): 1921, 1922 (c), 1923 Leinster Senior Football Championship (5): 1920, 1921, 1922 (c), 1923, 1924
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Paddy Carey. https://biography.guide/paddy-carey/
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