Pat Canavan

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Pat Canavan
Personal information
Irish name Pádraig Ó Ceannubháin
Sport Gaelic football
Position ?
Bornc. 1960
Ireland
Nickname Whac
Club(s)
YearsClub
St. Vincents
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
?-?
Dublin
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 1
All-Irelands 1

Pat Canavan (born c. 1960) is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Dublin county team. Canavan won an all-Ireland medal for Dublin in 1983 in the final against Galway.


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