Dinny Falvey

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Dinny Falvey
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Full-forward
Born Tralee, County Kerry
Club(s)
YearsClub
1940s-1960s
Kerins O'Rahilly's
Club titles
Kerry titles 3
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (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 minors. 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 three 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 played with Annascaul during the 90's. His other son Brendan also won All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championship in 1991 with Tralee Community College.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Dinny Falvey". Terrace Talk. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  2. "Minor Football". Munster. Munster Council GAA. Archived from the original on 10 February 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  3. "Junior Football". Munster. Munster Council GAA. Archived from the original on 1 August 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2013.