Pat McLoughney (Offaly hurler)

Pat McLoughney, who lived from 1949 to 30 January 2018, was an Irish hurling selector and player from Coolderry, County Offaly, whose league and championship career with the Offaly senior team lasted eleven seasons from 1971 until 1980. He first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Coolderry club and became a key member of its senior team, winning three county senior championship medals. He made his debut with the Offaly senior team during the 1970 to 71 league, was a regular for the next ten years, won a Leinster medal in 1980 and played his last game for Offaly in November 1980. As a selector with the Offaly senior team at various times between 1992 and 2011 he helped guide the team to All-Ireland titles in 1994 and 1998, and he was also a selector with the Coolderry championship-winning team in 2015.