Batt Thornhill
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Parthalan Ó Droighneán | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Full-back | ||
| Born | Buttevant, County Cork | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Buttevant | |||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1939-1944 | Cork | 22 (0-00) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 4 | ||
| All-Irelands | 4 | ||
| NHL | 2 | ||
Patrick "Batt" Thornhill (born 27 November 1911) was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Buttevant and with the Cork senior inter-county team from 1939 until 1944.
Thornhill played his club hurling with his local club in Buttevant. He enjoyed little in the way of major success on the hurling field with the club.
Thornhill first came to prominence on the inter-county scene in the 1930s. It wasn't until 1939, however, that he enjoyed some success, beginning with his first Munster title following a 4-3 to 3-4 victory over Limerick. Thornhill later lined out in the subsequent All-Ireland final, one of the most memorable championship deciders of all-time. Kilkenny provided the opposition on that occasion in a game that was played during a fierce thunder storm. World War II was erupting all across Europe as Terry Leahy whipped over the winning point for Kilkenny, who won the game by 2-7 to 3-3.
Cork bounced back after this defeat in 1940, with Thornhill collecting his first National Hurling League medal. Cork, however, were later eliminated from the championship following two classic games against Limerick in a replayed Munster final.
1941 saw Thornhill capture a second consecutive National League title. The subsequent Munster and All-Ireland championships were severely hampered due to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Tipperary and parts of Leinster. As a result of this Tipperary and Kilkenny, the two counties that were affected the most, were not allowed to participate. It was decided that Cork, after defeated Limerick, would represent Munster in the All-Ireland final. The game against Dublin turned into a rout thanks to contributing goals from Johnny Quirke and Ted O'Sullivan. At the full-time whistel Cork had won by 5-11 to 0-6. It was one of the most one-sided championship deciders of all-time. This victory gave Thornhill his first All-Ireland medal at senior level. In the delayed Munster final in October, however, Tipperary defeated Cork.
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