Paul Shefflin

Paul Shefflin (30 June 1980 – 4 March 2022) was an Irish hurler who played at club level with Ballyhale Shamrocks and at inter-county level with the Kilkenny senior hurling team. He usually lined out at wing-back or corner-back.

Paul Shefflin

Personal information
Irish name	Pól Ó Sibhleáin
Sport	Hurling
Position	Right wing-back
Born	30 June 1980[1] Ballyhale, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Died	4 March 2022(2022-03-04) (aged 41) Ballyhale, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Occupation	Accountant
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Ballyhale Shamrocks
Club titles
Kilkenny titles	6
Leinster titles	4
All-Ireland Titles	3
Colleges(s)
Years	College
	Waterford Institute of Technology
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles	1
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2000–2001	Kilkenny	0 (0–00)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	0
All-Irelands	0
NHL	0
All Stars	0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 15:52, 12 December 2021.

Career

Shefflin first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Ballyhale Shamrocks club. He simultaneously lined out as a schoolboy with St Kieran's College and subsequently won a Fitzgibbon Cup title with the Waterford Institute of Technology. After joining the Ballyhale Shamrocks senior team, he went on to win three All-Ireland Club Championship medals.^[2][3][4] Shefflin first appeared on the inter-county scene as captain of the Kilkenny minor hurling team that lost the 1998 All-Ireland minor final to Cork.^[5] He later joined the under-21 team and made a number of appearances for the Kilkenny senior hurling team in pre-season tournaments.

Personal life and death

Shefflin's brothers, John and Tommy, won All-Ireland medals in the minor and under-21 grades. A third brother, Henry Shefflin, won a record ten All-Ireland medals at senior level. After graduating from Waterford Institute of Technology he worked as an accountant.

Shefflin died suddenly, while out running, on 4 March 2022, at the age of 41.^[6]

Honours

Waterford Institute of Technology

• Fitzgibbon Cup: 2000

Ballyhale Shamrocks

• All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship: 2007, 2010, 2015
• Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014
• Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014

Kilkenny

• Leinster Minor Hurling Championship: 1998 (c)