Lanigan, Paddy (‘Icey’) (1880–1945), hurler, was born 24 March 1880 in Kilkenny city, son of Thomas Lanigan, clerk, and Catherine Lanigan (née Birch). A member of the now defunct Erin's Own hurling club in Kilkenny city, he won the first of his six all-Ireland senior hurling medals in 1904 when Kilkenny beat a St Finbarr's selection representing Cork. Playing in the position of left corner back, his performance in defence in the 1904 final was reported as ‘outstanding’ (Ryall, 24). He won his second all-Ireland the following year when Kilkenny beat Cork again in a replay that had been ordered after the first game (which Cork won) was nullified because the Cork goalkeeper was a British army reservist and thus an illegal player under GAA rules. In the 1907 final Kilkenny defeated Galway, and the decision to move Lanigan from defence to midfield was an important factor in their victory; he scored one point and set up a goal. He played on the Kilkenny teams that beat Tipperary in the 1909 final, and on the team that was awarded the 1911 final when Limerick refused to reschedule the game after the ground had been declared unplayable. The last of his six medals was won in the 1912 victory over Cork, a game in which the performance of Kilkenny's defence, including Lanigan, was particularly impressive, keeping Cork scoreless during the last seventeen minutes of the game. When Kilkenny beat Tipperary in the 1913 final, he was a non-playing substitute. He never won a Kilkenny county championship; in 1920 his club, O'Rahilly's, lost the county final to Dicksboro. In addition to hurling, he played handball for the city handball club. After his retirement from sports, he served as vice-chairman of the county handball board (1924) and as Kilkenny county board representative on the Lenister council of the GAA (1920–22, 1924). In 1931 he was a trainer of the Kilkenny senior hurling team, which lost the all-Ireland final to Cork in a three-game series.
A postman by profession, delivering on the Kilkenny–Danesfort route, he died 20 July 1945 at his home in Parnell St., Kilkenny; he never married.