Niall Patterson

{{short description|Irish hurler}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox Gaelic games player

| code= Hurling

| sport = Hurling

| image =

| name = Niall Patterson

| irish = Niall Mac Pháidín

| fullname = Niall Patterson

| feet = 5

| inches = 11

| occupation = Musician

| nickname = Big Neilly

| county = Antrim

| province = Ulster

| club = Loughgiel Shamrocks

| clposition = Goalkeeper

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| clyears =

| clapps(points) =

| clcounty = 2

| clprovince= 1

| clallireland = 1

| counties = Antrim

| icposition = Goalkeeper

| icyears = 1979-1992

| icapps(points) = 18 (0-00)

| icprovince = 3

| icallireland = 0

| allstars = 0

| nhl = 0

| clupdate =

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| birth_date={{Birth date and age|1962|1|2|df=yes}}

| birth_place=Cloughmills, County Antrim,
Northern Ireland

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Niall Patterson (born 2 January 1962) is a former hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Antrim senior team.

Patterson made his first appearance for the team during the 1979 "B" championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen for over a decade. During that time he won two All-Ireland "B" medals and three Ulster medals.{{cite news|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/antrim/Profile.aspx|title=Antrim GAA profile|publisher=Hogan Stand website|accessdate=11 June 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528004629/http://hoganstand.com/Antrim/Profile.aspx|archivedate=28 May 2012}}

At club level Patterson is an All-Ireland club medalist with Loughgiel Shamrocks. In addition to this he has also won one Ulster club medal and two county club championship medals.