Paddy Holden

Patrick A. Holden, known as Paddy Holden (1940 to 19 October 2023), was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played at club level with Clanna Gael and at inter-county level with the Dublin senior football team. He was full-back on the Dublin minor team that won the 1958 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship by beating Mayo, moved up through the junior grade, and made his senior debut in the National League against Roscommon in the autumn of 1959. He won back-to-back Leinster Senior Football Championship medals in 1962 and 1963 and was part of the Dublin team that defeated Galway in the 1963 All-Ireland final, adding a third provincial title in 1965. He also won back-to-back Railway Cup medals with Leinster and kept playing with his club until 1973, by which time he had a county championship title. He died in October 2023.