Maurice McCarthy (Gaelic footballer)

Maurice McCarthy (1881 to 1962) was an Irish Gaelic footballer, a native of Castleisland who took up employment with a business firm in Tralee. He played with Tralee Mitchels and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1902 until 1915. Having won three All-Ireland medals by 1910 he decided to retire, but in 1913 the Croke Memorial Final against Louth agitated Kerry so deeply that he was recalled from retirement, and he responded to give Kerry one of its greatest victories, though it does not appear on the record books. He continued to play and won further All-Ireland medals in 1913 and the year after. One of his sons, Dan Joe, won a minor All-Ireland title with Kerry, and another son, John Mitchel, helped Longford to honours in the junior grade.