Paul Shefflin

Paul Shefflin

Personal information
Irish name	Pól Ó Sibhleáin
Sport	Hurling
Position	Right wing-back
Born	30 June 1980[1] Ballyhale, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Died	4 March 2022(2022-03-04) (aged 41) Ballyhale, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Occupation	Accountant
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Ballyhale Shamrocks
Club titles
Kilkenny titles	6
Leinster titles	4
All-Ireland Titles	3
Colleges(s)
Years	College
	Waterford Institute of Technology
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles	1
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2000–2001	Kilkenny	0 (0–00)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	0
All-Irelands	0
NHL	0
All Stars	0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 15:52, 12 December 2021.

Paul Shefflin (30 June 1980 – 4 March 2022) was an Irish hurler who played at club level with Ballyhale Shamrocks and at inter-county level with the Kilkenny senior hurling team. He usually lined out at wing-back or corner-back.

Career

Shefflin first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Ballyhale Shamrocks club. He simultaneously lined out as a schoolboy with St Kieran's College and subsequently won a Fitzgibbon Cup title with the Waterford Institute of Technology. After joining the Ballyhale Shamrocks senior team, he went on to win three All-Ireland Club Championship medals.[2][3][4] Shefflin first appeared on the inter-county scene as captain of the Kilkenny minor hurling team that lost the 1998 All-Ireland minor final to Cork.[5] He later joined the under-21 team and made a number of appearances for the Kilkenny senior hurling team in pre-season tournaments.

Personal life and death

Shefflin's brothers, John and Tommy, won All-Ireland medals in the minor and under-21 grades. A third brother, Henry Shefflin, won a record ten All-Ireland medals at senior level. After graduating from Waterford Institute of Technology he worked as an accountant.

Shefflin died suddenly, while out running, on 4 March 2022, at the age of 41.[6]

Honours

Waterford Institute of Technology

• Fitzgibbon Cup: 2000

Ballyhale Shamrocks

• All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship: 2007, 2010, 2015
• Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014
• Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014

Kilkenny

• Leinster Minor Hurling Championship: 1998 (c)

References

1. "Kilkenny GAA Yearbook 2022" (PDF). Kilkenny GAA website. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
2. "Blossom time for Shamrocks". Irish Independent. 18 March 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
3. "Ballyhale Shamrocks end Portumna's reign". RTÉ Sport. 17 March 2010. Archived from the original on 8 January 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
4. Keys, Colm (18 March 2015). "Ballyhale make it six of the best with final stroll". Irish Independent. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
5. Hickey, Paddy (14 September 1998). "Barrett golden goal sets Rebels on path to glory". Irish Independent. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
6. "Paul Shefflin, brother of Kilkenny hurling legend Henry, has died suddenly". Irish Independent. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.