Pascal Flynn
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Pascal Ó Floinn | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Goalkeeper | ||
Born | 1937 Saggart, Dublin, Ireland | ||
Died | September 16, 2024 | (aged 86–87)||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
St. Mary's | |||
Club titles | |||
Dublin titles | 0 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1957-1965 | Dublin | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Leinster titles | 3 | ||
All-Irelands | 1 | ||
NFL | 0 |
Pascal Flynn (1937 – 16 September 2024) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for club side St. Mary's and at inter-county level with the Dublin senior football team.
Career
[edit]Flynn joined the Dublin senior team in 1957. He took over from Paddy O'Flaherty as first-choice goalkeeper following his retirement in September 1959. Flynn won back-to-back Leinster Championship medals in 1962 and 1963, and was on the Dublin team that defeated Galway to win the 1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final.[1][2] Flynn ended his career with a third provincial winners' medal in 1965.
Death
[edit]Flynn died on 16 September 2024.[3]
Honours
[edit]- Dublin
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1963
- Leinster Senior Football Championship: 1962, 1963, 1965
References
[edit]- ^ Scully, Niall (18 May 2020). "'The thing I most remember is the noise. From the second we ran out, there was a din. And it was constant'". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ Mac Lochlainn, Rónán (26 August 2019). "The swinging Sixties - How the Dubs beat the odds to reclaim Sam after Heffo's retirement". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ Buchanan, Myles (20 September 2024). "Former Dublin All-Ireland winner Pascal Flynn laid to rest in Wicklow". Wicklow People.