Alan Larkin

Irish Gaelic footballer

Alan Larkin
Personal information
Irish name Ailéin Ó Lorcáin
Sport Gaelic football
Position centreback
Born Dublin, Ireland
Occupation QFA
Club(s)
Years Club
Raheny
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
?-?
Dublin
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles ?
All-Irelands 2
All Stars 0

Alan Larkin is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Raheny club and for the Dublin county team.[1]

Playing career

Larkin won his first all-Ireland with Dublin in 1974 when they defeated Galway 0-14 to 1-6. He won his second title with Dublin in 1977 when Dublin defeated Armagh 5-12 to 3-6. Larkin served as manager of the Dublin minor team and led them to an All-Ireland in the 1980s.[1]

Post-football career

Larkin has worked for Ministers of the Word in Beaumont Hospital and in his own parish of Kilmore West.[2] He coached a Dublin minor league team, which won the Leinster Championship in 1994.[3] He is married to his wife, Rose, and together they have five children and three grandchildren.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Raheny GAA Formation of the Club". Archived from the original on 1 December 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  2. ^ a b "GAA football hero ministers to the Word". Catholicireland.net. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  3. ^ "`He was always the first to training, you'd have to drag him off the field at the end ... '". Independent.ie. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
Dublin squads
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Dublin – 1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (18th title)
Subs not used
16 B. Pocock
17 B. Donovan
18 D. Billings
19 K. Synnott
20 P. Gogarty
21 L. Deegan
22 P. O'Neill
23 J. Brogan
24 F. Ryder
Manager
K. Heffernan
Selectors
L. Redmond
D. Colfer
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Dublin – 1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (20th title)
Subs used
17 P. Reilly for P. O'Neill
16 A. Larkin for B. Brogan
18 J. Brogan for R. Kelleher
Subs not used
19 P. Gogarty
20 B. Pocock
21 F. Ryder
22 N. Bernard
23 M. Hickey
24 L. Egan
25 D. Maher
Manager
T. Hanahoe
Selectors
L. Redmond
D. Colfer