Paddy Buggy

Paddy Buggy was an Irish hurler and sports administrator who lived from 1929 until 2013, played club hurling with Slieverue and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1949 until 1960. He made his championship debut in 1949, won five Leinster titles between 1950 and 1959, and won an All-Ireland medal in 1957 when Kilkenny came back from six points down to beat Waterford by a point in the final, while the 1959 final against Waterford went to a replay that Kilkenny lost. He won a Railway Cup medal with Leinster in 1954 and later managed Leinster to five consecutive Railway Cup victories. He served as the 27th president of the Gaelic Athletic Association from 1982 until 1985 and presided over the centenary celebrations in 1984.