Dinny Long Explained

Code:Football
Sport:Gaelic football
Denny Long
Irish:Donncha Ó Longáin
Fullname:Denis Long
Birth Date:1949
Feet:6
Inches:0
County:Kerry
Province:Munster
Club:Millstreet
Austin Stacks
Clyears:1960s-1970s
1970s-1980s
Clcounty:2
Clprovince:1
Clallireland:1
Counties:Cork
Icposition:Midfield
Icyears:1969-1977
Icapps(Points):18 (0-26)
Icprovince:2
Icallireland:1
Allstars:2
Nfl:0
Birth Place:Millstreet, Cork, Ireland

Dinny Long (born 1949 in Millstreet, County Cork) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. He played for his local clubs Millstreet and Austin Stacks and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1969 until 1977.[1]

In 1973 during a carnival at Banteer, Long refereed a ladies' Gaelic football match between Kerry and Cork. This was one of the earliest ladies' Gaelic football inter-county games in Munster.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cork GAA Profile. www.hoganstand.com. 2009-03-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20090216074254/http://hoganstand.com/Cork/Profile.aspx. 2009-02-16. dead.
  2. Web site: Ladies Football in Kerry. ladiesgaelic.ie. https://web.archive.org/web/20160913210638/http://ladiesgaelic.ie/about-lgfa/history/association-history-county-international/ireland/kerry/. 2 September 2019. 13 September 2016.
  3. Web site: History – The Beginning. ladiesgaelic.ie. 21 October 2019.