Pádraig Horan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Pádraig Ó hÓdhráin | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Full-forward | ||
| Born |
21 April 1950 Shannon Harbour, County Offaly, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Occupation | Retired | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
1968-1987 | St Rynagh's | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Offaly titles | 11 | ||
| Leinster titles | 3 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1969–1986 | Offaly | 42 (15–66) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 4 | ||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
Pádraig Horan (born 21 April 1950) is an Irish former hurler who played as a full-forward for the Offaly senior team.
Horan made his first appearance for the team during the 1968–69 National League and subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1986 championship. During that time he won two All-Ireland medals, four Leinster medals and one All Stars Award. Horan captained Offaly to their first All-Ireland title in 1981. In 2017, he was inducted to the GAA Hall of Fame.
At club level Horan is a three-time Leinster medalist with St Rynagh's. In addition to this he has also won eleven county club championship medals.
In retirement from playing Horan became involved in team management and coaching. At senior inter-county level, he managed Offaly to their first, and only, [National Hurling League] success in 1991. At club level he has managed his own club St. Rynagh's, as well as leading Birr to winning their first All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship in 1995. Horan has also managed the Laois senior inter-county team.
In 1984, he stood unsuccessfully in the Laois–Offaly by-election as the Fine Gael candidate.
Horan's sons, Cathal and Diarmuid, also played hurling with Offaly.