Irish name Gearoid O Maolcatha Years County Sport Hurling 1959 Cork | Position Left corner-back Name Gerald Mulcahy Years Club | |
Gerald Mulcahy (born 1934) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a left corner-back for the Cork senior team.
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Born in Blackpool, Cork, Mulcahy first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team before later joining the junior side. He made his senior debut during the 1959 championship.
At club level Mulcahy won several championship medals with Glen Rovers.
His son, Tomás Mulcahy, was a three-time All-Ireland medallist with Cork.
Mulcahy's retirement came following the conclusion of the 1959 championship.
Inter-county
Mulcahy first played for Cork as a member of the minor team on 1 July 1951 in a 1-9 to 2-3 Munster quarter-final defeat of Clare. He was also at midfield in the semi-final defeat of Tipperary, however, Mulcahy was dropped from the starting fifteen for the Munster decider defeat of Limerick. He was also confined to the substitutes' bench for the All-Ireland final triumph over Galway.
In 1952 Mulcahy was eligible for the minor grade once again, however, Cork's championship campaign ended with a defeat by Tipperary in the Munster semi-final.
Three years later and Mulcahy as at full-back on the Cork junior team. He won a Munster medal that year following a 5-10 to 4-4 defeat of Clare. On 1 October 1955 Cork faced Warwickshire in the All-Ireland decider. A huge 6-10 to 0-2 trouncing gave Mulcahy an All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship medal.
After the creation of a completely new junior team the following year, Mulcahy was back in 1957, however, Cork's championship campaign ended with a defeat by Limerick in the provincial decider.
Mulcahy made his senior championship debut on 21 June 1959 in a 4-13 to 1-3 Munster semi-final defeat of Clare. He was retained at left corner-back for the subsequent final, which Cork lost to Waterford by 3-9 to 2-9.