Dinny Falvey

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. 1 2 "Dinny Falvey". Terrace Talk. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Minor Football". Munster. Munster Council GAA. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Junior Football". Munster. Munster Council GAA. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
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