Pascal Flynn

Pascal Flynn
Personal information
Irish name Pascal Ó Floinn
Sport Gaelic football
Position Goalkeeper
Born 1937 (1937)
Saggart, Dublin, Ireland
Died September 16, 2024(2024-09-16) (aged 86–87)
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Club(s)
Years Club
 St. Mary's
Club titles
Dublin titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1957-1965
 Dublin
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 3
All-Irelands 1
NFL 0

Pascal Flynn (1937 – 16 September 2024) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for club side St. Mary's and at inter-county level with the Dublin senior football team.

Career

Flynn joined the Dublin senior team in 1957. He took over from Paddy O'Flaherty as first-choice goalkeeper following his retirement in September 1959. Flynn won back-to-back Leinster Championship medals in 1962 and 1963, and was on the Dublin team that defeated Galway to win the 1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final.[1][2] Flynn ended his career with a third provincial winners' medal in 1965.

Death

Flynn died on 16 September 2024.[3]

Honours

Dublin

References

  1. ^ Scully, Niall (18 May 2020). "'The thing I most remember is the noise. From the second we ran out, there was a din. And it was constant'". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  2. ^ Mac Lochlainn, Rónán (26 August 2019). "The swinging Sixties - How the Dubs beat the odds to reclaim Sam after Heffo's retirement". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  3. ^ Buchanan, Myles (20 September 2024). "Former Dublin All-Ireland winner Pascal Flynn laid to rest in Wicklow". Wicklow People.