Patrick Joseph Lanigan (1881 – 20 July 1945) was an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-back for the Kilkenny senior team.
[1] Born in Tullogher, Lanigan first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-three when he first linked up with the Kilkenny senior team.
[citation needed] A 5–6 to 2–8 defeat of Tullaroan gave Lanigan his first Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship medal.
He subsequently collected his first Leinster medal as Kilkenny recorded a 2–8 to 2–6 defeat of Dublin in the provincial decider.
The game, however, had to be replayed as Cork goalkeeper Daniel McCarthy was a British army reservist and Kilkenny's Matt Gargan had earlier played with Waterford in the Munster championship.
Before the game itself there was internal fighting within the Kilkenny camp and a selection row left the team short of substitutes.
In spite of this, the team still went on to win the game, courtesy of three goals by Bill Hennerby and a fourth by Jimmy Kelly.
Limerick provided the opposition in the subsequent All-Ireland final on 18 February 1912, however, the pitch at the Cork Athletic Grounds was water-logged and the game was refixed for Thurles on 12 May 1912.
Limerick were unable to attend the replay and Lanigan's fifth All-Ireland title was awarded to him rather than being won on the field of play.
Lanigan was dropped from the starting fifteen in 1913, however, he went on to collect another set of Leinster and All-Ireland medals as a non-playing substitute.