Paudie Fitzmaurice

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| code= Hurling

| sport = Hurling

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| name = Paudie Fitzmaurice

| irish = Pádraig Mac Muiris

| fullname = Pádraig Fitzmaurice

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| county = Limerick

| province = Munster

| club = [http://www.killeedy.com Killeedy GAA]

| clposition = Wing-Forward

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| counties = Limerick

| icposition = Wing-Forward

| icyears = 1973–1981

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| allstars = 1

| clupdate = 2007

| icupdate = 2007

| birth_place=Limerick, Ireland

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Paudie Fitzmaurice (born 16 November 1949) is a hurler from Killeedy in County Limerick, Ireland, who featured in Limerick hurling teams of the 1970s. Fitzmaurice was part of the Limerick county hurling team which won the All-Ireland in 1973,{{cite web|url=http://www.doonbleisce.com/limerick_1973_all.htm |title=LIMERICK 1973 ALL |publisher=Doonbleisce.com |date=2 September 1973 |accessdate=18 December 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://gaa.ie/page/hurling_results_1971_1990.html |title=Hurling Results 1971–1990 | Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Official Website |publisher=GAA.ie |accessdate=18 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208095019/http://gaa.ie/page/hurling_results_1971_1990.html |archivedate=8 February 2012 }}) as well as in the 1974, 1980 and 1981 teams. He was captain when Limerick won the 1981 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final.[http://munster.gaa.ie/teams/seniorhurling.html Munster Senior Hurling Teams – Munster GAA Web Site] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830175225/http://munster.gaa.ie/teams/seniorhurling.html |date=30 August 2007 }} He is a two-time National League winner,[http://www.sligoweekender.ie/news/story.asp?j=11140 Sligo Weekender: Paudie’s new dawn?] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927235227/http://www.sligoweekender.ie/news/story.asp?j=11140 |date=27 September 2007 }} and finished as top scorer when captaining Maynooth College to victory in the Fitzgibbon Cup in 1974.[http://cao.gaa.ie/fitz_scorers.html Fitzgibbon Cup Final Top Scorers] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831154228/http://cao.gaa.ie/fitz_scorers.html |date=31 August 2007 }}[http://cao.gaa.ie/fitz_capt.html Fitzgibbon Cup Winning Captains] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831154029/http://cao.gaa.ie/fitz_capt.html |date=31 August 2007 }} His achievements as a player were recognised in 1984 when Fitzmaurice received an All-Star award.{{cite web |url=http://www.gaa.ie/page/hurling_all_stars_80s.html |title=Hurling All Stars 80's | Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Official Website |publisher=GAA.ie |accessdate=18 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427092500/http://www.gaa.ie/page/hurling_all_stars_80s.html |archivedate=27 April 2009 |df=dmy-all }} Fitzmaurice continued to play competitive hurling for his native Killeedy until 1996.[http://newcastlewestgaa.csn.ul.ie/1996(JB).htm 1996] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070513040120/http://newcastlewestgaa.csn.ul.ie/1996%28JB%29.htm |date=13 May 2007 }}

Fitzmaurice was named manager of the Sligo hurling team in January 2003.[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3382724.html HighBeam]{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} but resigned after harsh criticism in May of that year.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/2003/0506/sligo.html |title=RTÉ Sport: Fitzmaurice quits Sligo hurling post |publisher=RTÉ.ie |date=6 May 2003 |accessdate=18 December 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://archives.tcm.ie/sligoweekender/2003/05/13/story12467.asp |title=Sligo Weekender – 2003/05/13: Chairman seeks to end crisis |publisher=Archives.tcm.ie |accessdate=18 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510102738/http://archives.tcm.ie/sligoweekender/2003/05/13/story12467.asp |archivedate=10 May 2012 }}

He trained for the priesthood in St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, as did his brother Fr. Willie Fitzmaurice, who also played hurling for Limerick.