Niall Patterson

Niall Patterson

Personal information
Native name	Niall Mac Pháidín (Irish)
Nickname	Big Neilly
Born	(1962-01-02) 2 January 1962 (age 64) Cloughmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Occupation	Musician
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Sport
Sport	Hurling
Position	Goalkeeper
Club Years Club Loughgiel Shamrocks Club titles Antrim titles 2 Ulster titles 1 All-Ireland Titles 1 Inter-county Years County Apps (scores) 1979-1992 Antrim 18 (0-00) Inter-county titles Ulster titles 3 All-Irelands 0 NHL 0 All Stars 0

Niall Patterson (born 2 January 1962) is a former hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Antrim senior team.

Patterson made his first appearance for the team during the 1979 "B" championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen for over a decade. During that time he won two All-Ireland "B" medals and three Ulster medals. He was also part of the team who reached 1989 All Ireland final against Tipperary. ^[1]

At club level Patterson is an All-Ireland club medalist with Loughgiel Shamrocks. In addition to this he has also won one Ulster club medal and two county club championship medals.

Honours

Loughgiel Shamrocks

• All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship (1): 1983 (c)
• Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship (2): 1982 (c), 1989
• Antrim Senior Club Hurling Championship (2): 1982 (c), 1989

Antrim

• All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship (2): 1981, 1982
• Ulster Senior Hurling Championship (3): 1989, 1990, 1991
• Ulster Under-21 Hurling Championship (4): 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982

References

1. "Antrim GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.