{{short description|Irish hurler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox Gaelic games player | code= Hurling | sport = Hurling | image = | name = Pat Markham | irish = Pádraig Ó Marcacháim | feet = | inches = | occupation = | nickname = | county = Clare | province = Munster | club = Clooney-Quin | clposition = | clubs = | clyears = | clapps(points) = | clcounty = 0 | clprovince= | clallireland = | colleges = | colyears = | fitz = | counties = Clare | icposition = Right wing-back | icyears = 1990–1995 | icapps(points) = | icprovince = 0 | icallireland = 0 | nhl = 0 | allstars = 0 | clupdate = | icupdate = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|08|23|df=yes}} | birth_place= Quin, County Clare, Ireland }} '''Patrick Markham''' (born 23 August 1971<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA/Default.aspx#panel=document|title=Meet the players and selectors|date=1 September 1989|publisher=The Clare Champion|access-date=3 March 2025|first=Seámus|last=Hayes}}</ref>) is an Irish retired hurler. At club level he played with Clooney-Quin and at inter-county level with the Clare senior hurling team.
==Career==
Markham played hurling as a student at St Flannan's College in Ennis and lined out in all grades during his time there. After winning a Dean Ryan Cup medal in 1988, he was part of the college's senior team that won the Dr Harty Cup title in 1989 after beating St Patrick's Comprehensive School in an all-Clare final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA/Default.aspx#panel=document|title=Easy for St Flannan's in Dean Ryan final|publisher=The Clare Champion|date=4 December 1987|access-date=21 February 2025|first=|last=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA/Default.aspx#panel=document|title=Flannan's wreck a dream|date=13 March 1989|publisher=Irish Independent|access-date=3 March 2025}}</ref> Markham also lined out in the subsequent one-point All-Ireland final defeat by St Kieran's College.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stkieranscollege.ie/roll-of-honour/all-ireland-senior-colleges-title-1989/|title=All-Ireland Senior Colleges Title 1989|publisher=St Kieran's College website|date=|access-date=26 June 2023|first=|last=}}</ref>
At club level, Markham played at all levels with Clooney-Quin. He won a Clare IHC medal in 2006, following the club's 0–16 to 0–14 defeat of Killanena in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA/Default.aspx#panel=document|title=Clooney get the upperhand|publisher=The Clare Champion|date=27 October 2006|access-date=21 February 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> Markham later claimed a Munster Club IHC medal after a 0–14 to 1–08 win over Bishopstown.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://munster.gaa.ie/history/ihclub_teams/|title=Intermediate Hurling (Club)|publisher=Munster GAA website|date=|access-date=21 February 2025|first=|last=}}</ref>
At inter-county level, Markham first appeared for Clare as a member of the minor team. He won a Munster MHC medal before later losing to Offaly in the 1989 All-Ireland MHC final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://munster.gaa.ie/history/minor-hurling/|title=Minor hurling|date=29 May 2009|publisher=Munster GAA website|accessdate=26 October 2023}}</ref> He later progressed to the under-21 team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA/Default.aspx#panel=document|title=Waterford just edge past Clare|date=16 July 1992|publisher=Irish Press|access-date=3 March 2025}}</ref> Markham made a number of appearances for the senior team between 1990 and 1995.
==Honours==
;St Flannan's College *Dr Harty Cup: 1989 *Dean Ryan Cup: 1988
;Clooney-Quin *Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship: 2006 *Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship: 2006
;Clare *Munster Minor Hurling Championship: 1989
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