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Johnny O'Flynn

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Johnny O'Flynn
Personal information
Irish name Seán Ó Floinn
Sport Gaelic football
Position Left wing-back
Born 1936
Glantane, County Cork, Ireland
Club(s)
Years Club
Kilshannig
Avondhu
Club titles
Cork titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1961-1964
Cork 9 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0

John O'Flynn (born 1936) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. He played with club side Kilshannig, divisional side Avondhu and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team.[1]

Playing career

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O'Flynn first enjoyed success as a Gaelic footballer as a member of the Mallow Vocational School team that won the Cork County Vocational Schools' Championship in 1952.[2] He later lined out with Kilshannig and was part of the team that won the club's inaugural North Cork JAFC title in 1959, before winning a further three divisional titles in 1965, 1967 and 1968.[3] O'Flynn also lined out with divisional side Avondhu and won a Cork SFC title in 1961.[4]

O'Flynn's success at club level earned a call-up to the Cork junior football team in 1960. He was promoted to the senior team a year later and captained Cork in the 1962 Munster SFC. O'Flynn's four-year senior career featured four successive Munster SFC final defeats by Kerry, while he also earned selection with the Munster team in the Railway Cup.[5][6] He ended his inter-county career by winning a Munster JFC medal in 1966.[7]

Honours

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Kilshannig
Avondhu
Cork

References

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  1. ^ "High king of the GAA". Irish Examiner. 19 March 1999. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  2. ^ "North Cork GAA Board Man of the Match and Hall of Fame awards held in Mallow". The Avondhu. 24 December 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Milestones of Kilshannig". The Corkman. 9 May 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  4. ^ "GAA stalwart Tom Bermingham left a lasting legacy in three divisions". Echo Live. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Senior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Railway Cup football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Junior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 12 October 2022.