[1] He is a member of Portlaoise GAA club, with whom he won eight Laois Senior county championships - four each in hurling and football.
Critchley has won one Leinster and one All-Ireland club football championship with Portlaoise.
[2] Critchley has coached Scoil Chriost Ri, Portlaoise basketball teams to eleven All-Ireland finals,[citation needed] winning five,[citation needed] and led the school to an All-Ireland football title.
[citation needed] Critchley occupies a full-time coaching and development role with the Laois GAA County Board and is the instigator of the successful Setanta Hurling program and the follow on Cuchulainn program.
[3] Pat was a physical education and English teacher at Scoil Chriost Ri, Portlaoise.