Code: | Football |
Sport: | Gaelic football |
Jarlath Carey | |
Irish: | Iarlaith Ó Ciardha |
County: | Down |
Province: | Ulster |
Clyears: | 1950s-1960s |
Clubs: | Ballymartin (until 1960) and Dundrum |
Clcounty: | 1 |
Counties: | Down |
Icposition: | Midfield |
Icyears: | 1950s-1960s |
Icprovince: | 5 |
Icallireland: | 2 |
Nfl: | 2 |
Birth Name: | Daniel Jarlath Carey |
Birth Date: | 2 June 1932 |
Birth Place: | Ballymartin, County Down |
Daniel Jarlath Carey (2 June 1932 – 4 October 2006)[1] was a Northern Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Dundrum and was a member of the Down senior inter-county team from the 1950s until the 1960s. Carey won back-to-back All-Ireland titles with Down in 1960 and 1961.[2] He later served as a Social Democratic and Labour Party councillor on Down District Council from 1977 to 1981.