Dinny Falvey
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Full-forward | ||
| Born | Tralee, County Kerry | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1940s-1960s | Kerins O'Rahilly's | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Kerry titles | 3 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1951-1961 | Kerry | 26 (1-22) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 6 | ||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
| NFL | 2 | ||
Dinny Falvey was a Gaelic football player from Annascaul in Co Kerry. At club level with the local Kerins O'Rahilly's and later Annascaul.[1]
He played intercounty football with Kerry at minor, junior and senior level. He never played championship football at senior level but played in the league. At minor he won a Munster Minor Football Championship in 1949;[2] Kerry went on to make it to the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship final but lost out to Aramagh GAA. At junior level he won a Munster Championship in 1961.[3]
He had much success with Kerins O'Rahilly's[1] winning 3 Kerry Senior Football Championship medals in 1953, 1954 and 1957. He also played with West Kerry in the 1960 but lost to John Mitchels. His son Tim also won a Kerry Senior Football Championship in 1990 with West Kerry and had much success with Annascaul during the 90's. His other son Brendan also had much success winning an All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championship in 1991 with Tralee Community College, he also played with the Kerry Vocational Schools team.
References
- 1 2 "Dinny Falvey". Terrace Talk. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ↑ "Minor Football". Munster. Munster Council GAA. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ↑ "Junior Football". Munster. Munster Council GAA. Retrieved 18 January 2013.