Patrick D. Mehigan was an Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 sportsperson and journalist. Born in Ardfield, County Cork

County Cork

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, he played hurling

Hurling

Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...

 with Robert Emmet's and with the London

London GAA

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 senior inter-county team in the early 1900s. Mehigan later served as the leading Gaelic games

Gaelic games

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 journalist from the 1920s until the 1940s. He wrote several histories of the Gaelic Athletic Association and was correspondent for the Cork Examiner under the pseudonym Carbery. Mehigan also wrote for the Irish Times under the byline Pato.