It was disappointing not to win a Connacht title for the Leitrim supporters - Packie McGarty
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In April 2016, the Round Towers club in Clondalkin, Dublin featured an interview with Packie.
Seán Creedon spoke with the former Leitrim footballer and St Brigid s Road and Newlands resident who gave a fascinating insight into his career.
Leitrim may have the smallest population of any county in Ireland, but the county has given us some famous people, like Packie McGarty. The legendary Packie, who played senior football for Leitrim for 23 years, finished his career here in Clondalkin with Towers.
Anywhere GAA supporters meet and you mention that you are connected with Round Towers, the name Packie McGarty comes up with people enquiring about the brilliant forward.
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Winning is not everything - not for anything would I part from my Leitrim team mates” - Packie McGarty
The late great Galway defender Jack Mahon penned this tribute to his former opponent Packie McGarty in 1993, describing him as “irrepressible, a born footballer”
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14 Apr 2021
A picture of Leitrim s Columba Cryan, Packie McGarty & Cathal Flynn on the Connacht Railway Cup winning team of 1958 );
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It s a dangerous game naming anyone as the greatest ever. A writer can only cover what he saw himself, his own lifetime.
Leitrim won the county s only Connacht Senior Football Championship title in 1927 and that was five years before I was born.
The above photo of his school pals from 1946 was Packie s most prized possession and sits proudly on the mantelpiece of his Dublin home. The school principal wa.
The greatest Leitrim footballer of them all - Legendary Packy McGarty passes away
April 06, 2021
Leitrim legend Packy McGarty (RIP).
Packy McGarty was hailed as one of the greatest footballers of all time as the passing of the legendary Leitrim footballer drew widespread sadness across the GAA community.
The proud Mohill clubman, who died this morning at the age of 87, is widely regarded as the best player ever to wear the Leitrim jersey.
Making his Leitrim senior debut at the tender age of 16, Packy went on to win Railway Cup medals on two different occasions and played in six Connacht SFC finals, including four-in-a-row against Galway, during an inter-county career which spanned from 1949 to 1971.