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Waterford hurling great Austin Flynn has died.
The Abbeyside man starred at full-back as the Déise lifted the Liam McCarthy in 1959 following a famous replay win over Kilkenny in Croke Park.
In a career that spanned 1952 to 1967 Austin won the first Waterford Hurler of the Year Award in 1967 and was selected at full back on the Waterford Team of the Millennium.
He also won three Munster titles, two Railway Cups and a National League.
However, although he played in four senior county finals with his club, Abbeyside, they were defeated on each occasion by Mount Sion.
Renowned as one of the best full-backs of that era, Flynn marked many of the game’s greats, such as Nickey Rackard, Liam Devaney, and Christy Ring.
Farewell to Leitrim s greatest
Packie McGarty 1933-2021: Tributes from friends and rivals of Leitrim s greatest ever footballer
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The Leitrim Junior team pictured before the 1952 All-Ireland Junior Football Final which they lost to Meath );
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The Leitrim Junior team pictured before the 1952 All-Ireland Junior Football Final which they lost to Meath. Back row, left to right, Leo McAlinden (Cloone), Pat Curran (Aughawillan), Columba Cryan (Ballinamore), Kieran Shanley (Bornacoola), Aloysius Blessing (Aughavas), Michael Beirne (Kiltubrid), Jimmy McKeon (Fenagh), Eugene Boland (Bornacoola. Front row, left to right, Frank Quinn (Cloone), Packie McGarty (Mohill), Brian Sweeney (Ballinamore), Joe Bohan (Gortletteragh), Pat Reilly (Aughawillan), John Gordon (Mohill), Tony Hayden (Bornacoola)
“Dad loved Leitrim people and Leitrim people loved Dad”
Packie s son Eamonn spoke beautifully and lovingly about his late father prior to his Funeral Mass in St Pius X Church, Templeogue last Thursday. The celebrant was Fr Gerry Moore.
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Ella and Packie pictured in their home in Terenure in 2016 when he was interviewed by the Leitrim Observer Picture: Willie Donnellan );
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Packie s son Eamonn spoke beautifully and lovingly about his late father prior to his Funeral Mass in St Pius X Church, Templeogue last Thursday. The celebrant was Fr Gerry Moore.
Packie was born to Dan and Bridget McGarty and was a brother to the late Dan, Willie, Eddie and Kathleen.
GAA fanatics will love The Gallant John Joe and Larry Tompkins book Believe
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Many sporting books on the shelves this Christmas and New Year but for GAA fans, two books charting the careers of former greats of two very different eras really stand out. The Gallant John Joe - Cavan s Millennium Man by George Cartwright and Believe by Cork s two time All-Ireland winner Larry Tompkins are sure to grab the attention of any GAA fans who love an engrossing read.
The Gallant John Joe tells the life and times of one of the greatest footballers of all time; a Cavan legend who played in the most famous All-Ireland final of all time in New York s Polo Grounds in 1947, John Joe played a lot of his football in Kildare during his short life, a life that ended at the age of just 34.