Code: | Football |
Sport: | Gaelic football |
P. J. Garvey | |
County: | Limerick |
Province: | Munster |
Club: | Hospital-Herbertstown Ballybricken-Bohermore |
Counties: | Limerick |
Icposition: | Forward |
Icprovince: | 0 |
Icallireland: | 0 |
Nfl: | 0 |
Allstars: | 0 |
Birth Date: | 1971 |
Death Date: | 24 August 2021 (aged 50) |
Birth Place: | Hospital, County Limerick, Ireland |
Death Place: | Kilmallock, County Limerick, Ireland |
P. J. Garvey (1971 – 24 August 2021) was an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with Hospital-Herbertstown and Ballybricken-Bohermore and was also a member of the Limerick senior teams as a dual player.
Garvey played the majority of his adult hurling and Gaelic football with the Hospital-Herbertstown club. He first appeared on the inter-county scene during a two-year stint with the Limerick minor team before progressing onto the under-21 side.[1] Garvey played for the Limerick intermediate hurling team as well as the senior team during the 1992-93 National Hurling League. As a Gaelic footballer he lined out with the Limerick senior team that came close to beating Kerry in the 1991 Munster final. Garvey also enjoyed success as manager of the Mungret/St. Paul's club.[2]
Garvey died suddenly on 24 August 2021.[3]