Education
Mahony played college hurling for De Louisiana Salle College in Waterford. While there, he won 2 Harty Cups and 2 All-Ireland Colleges medals in 2007 and 2008 co-captaining the side with Noel Connors in 2008.
Mahony played college hurling for De Louisiana Salle College in Waterford. While there, he won 2 Harty Cups and 2 All-Ireland Colleges medals in 2007 and 2008 co-captaining the side with Noel Connors in 2008.
Club Mahony has played with Ballygunner since an early age. His underage team proved to be the most successful in the club"s history winning every county championship in the juvenile division in Waterford. In 2010, he played wing-back on the Ballygunner Senior Championship winning team
College Third Level Mahony started rideing throughout UCC"s 2011 Fitzgibbon Cup campaign.
Although injury ruled him out of the semi-final against LIT, he came on at half-time. However, UCC came up short on the day conceding defeat on a scoreline of 0-19 to 1-13.
Inter-county Mahony started playing inter-county hurling with Waterford at the age of 19. On 13 February 2011, Philip made his competitive debut against Dublin in Walsh Park in the National Hurling League.
He also won 2 Minor County Championships and 2 U21 County Championships. In recognition of Mahony"s excellent play in the 2010 Waterford Senior Club Championship, Mahony received the "Park Hotel Sport Star Of The Month Award" for December 2010. While there, he won 2 Harty Cups and 2 All-Ireland Colleges medals in 2007 and 2008 co-captaining the side with Noel Connors in 2008. He was called up to the panel mid-way through the championship, following the departure of club mate Brian O"Sullivan due to injury and subsequently won a Munster Senior Hurling medal.