Bernie Meade

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Patrick D. B. Meade (born 1948), known as Bernie Meade, is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Passage and St Finbarr's and was also a member of the Cork senior hurling team. He usually lined out as a forward.

Career

Meade first played at juvenile and underage levels with the Passage club and had a career that spanned three decades with the club's top adult team.{{cite web|url=https://passagewestgaa.com/history.html|title=Passage West Gaa Club History|publisher=Passage West GAA website|date=|access-date=17 August 2021|first=|last=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40054961.html|title=Passage seek a return to glory days in part two of historic double bid|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=26 September 2020|access-date=17 August 2021|first=Michael|last=Moynihan}} He transferred briefly to the St Finbarr's club and won an All-Ireland Club Championship title in 1980.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/corkman/sport/gaa/corks-record-on-paddys-day-is-hugely-strong-40209529.html|title=Cork's record on Paddy's Day is hugely strong|publisher=The Corkman|date=20 March 2021|access-date=17 August 2021|first=Noel|last=Horgan}} He also lined out with the Seandún divisional side as both a hurler and Gaelic footballer. Meade first appeared on the inter-county scene on Cork's 1966 All-Ireland Minor Championship-winning team. He later won successive All-Ireland Under-21 Championship titles, with his scoring tally of 1–12 in the 1968 All-Ireland under-21 final remaining an all-time record.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-10066999.html|title=Minor loss fired Cats to U-21 win, says Dempsey|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=23 September 2003|access-date=17 August 2021|first=Jim|last=O'Sullivan}} Meade was drafted onto the Cork senior hurling team during their successful 1968-69 National League campaign. He played a number of league and tournament games for Cork over the following few seasons; however, he was not selected for the championship team.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}