Billy Mackesy

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William "Billy" Mackesy
Personal information
Sport Dual player
Football Position: Forward
Hurling Position: Forward
Born 8 April 1880
Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland
Died 12 November 1956 (aged 76)
Cork, Ireland
Occupation Publican
Club(s)
Years Club
 Blackrock
Lees
Club titles
  Football Hurling
Cork titles 7 6
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1903-1912
1901-1912
 Cork (hurling)
Cork (football)		 19
24
Inter-county titles
  Football Hurling
Munster Titles 3 3
All-Ireland Titles 1 1

William Mackesy (8 April 1880 – 12 November 1956) was an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with Lees and Blackrock and was a member of the Cork senior teams in both codes. Mackessy is one of only fifteen players to have won All-Ireland medals in both codes.[1]

Career[]

Mackesy first came to prominence playing with Cork city-based clubs Blackrock and Lees. In a 12-year span from 1902 to 1914 he won a combined total of 13 County Championship medals across both codes including three hurling-football doubles. Mackesy first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork senior football team in 1901. His debut season with the Cork senior hurling team two years later ended with him claiming a winners' medal after a defeat of London in the All-Ireland final. Mackesy became Cork's first dual All-Ireland medal-winner in 1911 when he lined out with the Cork senior footballers in their All-Ireland final defeat of Antrim. After making 43 championship appearances he retired from inter-county duty in 1912, by which time Mackesy had also claimed six Munster Championship medals across both codes.[2][3]

Personal life[]

Mackesy was born in Buttevant, County Cork but began his business career after moving to Kinsale. He later worked as a draper in the Munster Arcade in Cork city before opening his first licenced premises in 1912. He opened a second on Oliver Plunkett Street six years later. Mackesy married Anne Glavin on 24 February 1914 and the couple had six children.

Mackesy died at the Bon Secours Hospital in Cork on 12 November 1956. He had been in a ill health for a number of years with diabetes.[4]

Honours[]

Blackrock
Lees
Cork

References[]

  1. ^ Breheny, Martin (28 August 2001). "Teddy sounds warning to dual chasing Kerins". Irish Independent. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Senior hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Senior Football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Obituary of Billy Mackesy". Finbarr J. Connolly website. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
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