Pat Hegarty (born 1973) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer.
[1] Hegarty made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he was selected for the Cork minor team.
He enjoyed two championship seasons with the minor team, culminating with the winning of an All-Ireland medal in 1991.
Hegarty subsequently joined the Cork under-21, winning an All-Ireland medal in 1994.
By this stage he had joined the Cork senior team after being added to the panel during the 1991 championship.