Pádraig Horan

Pádraig Horan, who lived from 21 April 1950 to 12 August 2026, was an Irish hurler who played with St Rynagh's at club level and captained the Offaly team that won the 1981 All-Ireland SHC title, and is considered one of the greatest Offaly players of all time. As a dual player he played hurling and Gaelic football for St Rynagh's over an 18-year tenure, winning 10 Offaly SHC titles and three Leinster Club SHC titles and finishing as an All-Ireland Club SHC runner-up three times. He made his Offaly debut in 1969 at eighteen, lifted the Liam MacCarthy Cup in 1981 in Offaly's inaugural All-Ireland SHC triumph, and made 151 appearances for Offaly, also winning four Leinster SHC titles and a second All-Ireland SHC medal. He won an All Star in 1985 and was inducted to the GAA Hall of Fame in 2017. As a coach he took St Brendan's Community School to the Dr Croke Cup in 1986, managed Birr to the All-Ireland Club SHC title in 1995 and managed Offaly to their sole National Hurling League title in 1991.