Paddy Behan
{{Short description|Irish hurler}}
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{{Use Hiberno-English|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox Gaelic games player
| code= Hurling
| sport = Hurling
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| name = Paddy Behan
| irish = Pádraig Ó Beacháin
| feet = 5
| inches = 8
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| county = Cork
| province = Munster
| club = Ballyhea
→ Avondhu
Churchtown
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| clcounty = 1
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| counties = Cork
| icposition = Full-forward
| icyears = 1960-1961
| icapps(points) = 1 (0-00)
| icprovince = 0
| icallireland = 0
| nhl = 0
| allstars = 0
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| birth_date = 1936{{cite web|url=https://www.findmypast.ie/transcript?id=IRE%2FBMD%2FD%2F692850277|title=Patrick Behan in 1936|publisher=Find My Past website|date=|accessdate=9 July 2022}}
| birth_place=Ballyhea, County Cork, Ireland
| death_date = 10 June 1992 (aged 55)
| death_place = Churchtown, County Cork, Ireland
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Patrick Behan (1936 – 10 June 1992) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with Ballyhea and Churchtown, divisional side Avondhu and at inter-county level was a member of the Cork senior hurling team. Behan usually lined out as a forward.
Career
Behan first played hurling at club level with Ballyhea and won several North Cork JHC titles with the club.{{cite web|url=http://www.kilworthgaa.com/contentPage/328363/hurling_history|title=Hurling history|publisher=Kilworth GAA website|date=|access-date=12 March 2022|first=|last=}} His performances earned a call-up to the Avondhu team and he captained the divisional side to the Cork SHC title in 1966.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/corkman/sport/gaa/the-men-of-66-take-their-place-in-the-pantheon-of-the-greats-35313291.html|title=The men of '66 take their place in the pantheon of the greats|publisher=The Corkman|date=24 December 2016|access-date=12 March 2022|first=|last=}} Behan first played at inter-county level as a member of the Cork senior hurling team during the unsuccessful 1960 Munster SHC campaign.{{cite web|url=http://sportlomo-userupload.s3.amazonaws.com/uploaded/7/SHC%201960-1969.pdf|title=Cork SHC teams: 1960-1969|publisher=Cork GAA website|date=|access-date=12 March 2013|first=|last=}} He was later drafted onto the Cork junior hurling team that lost the 1960 All-Ireland home final to Carlow.{{cite web|url=http://sportlomo-userupload.s3.amazonaws.com/uploaded/7/JHC%20Teams.pdf|title=Cork junior hurling teams: 1910-1996|publisher=Cork GAA website|date=|access-date=12 March 2013|first=|last=}} Behan also lined out with the Cork intermediate hurling team in the early rounds of their successful 1964 Munster IHC campaign.{{cite web|url=http://sportlomo-userupload.s3.amazonaws.com/uploaded/galleries/7_uploaded/1%20CORK%20INTERMEDIATE%20HURLING%20CHAMPIONSHIP%20TEAMS.pdf|title=Cork intermediate hurling teams: 1961-2009|publisher=Cork GAA website|date=|access-date=12 March 2013|first=|last=}}
Death
Behan died after a long period of ill health on 10 June 1992, aged 55.{{cite web|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA/Default.aspx#panel=document|title=Ballyhea hurler dies|publisher=Cork Examiner|date=11 June 1992|accessdate=15 July 2022}}
Honours
;Avondhu
;Cork