Pascal Flynn Explained

Code:	Football
Sport:	Gaelic football
Pascal Flynn
Irish:	Pascal Ó Floinn
Feet:	5
Inches:	11
County:	Dublin
Province:	Leinster
Cposition:	Goalkeeper
Clubs:	St. Mary's
Clcounty:	0
Counties:	Dublin
Icposition:	Goalkeeper
Icyears:	1957-1965
Icprovince:	3
Icallireland:	1
Nfl:	0
Birth Place:	Saggart, Dublin, Ireland

Pascal Flynn (1937 – 16 September 2024) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for club side St. Mary's and at inter-county level with the Dublin senior football team.

Career

Flynn joined the Dublin senior team in 1957. He took over from Paddy O'Flaherty as first-choice goalkeeper following his retirement in September 1959. Flynn won back-to-back Leinster Championship medals in 1962 and 1963, and was on the Dublin team that defeated Galway to win the 1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final.^{[1] [2]} Flynn ended his career with a third provincial winners' medal in 1965.

Death

Flynn died on 16 September 2024.^[3]

Honours

Dublin

• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1963

• Leinster Senior Football Championship

1962, 1963, 1965

Notes and References

1. Web site: 'The thing I most remember is the noise. From the second we ran out, there was a din. And it was constant'. Irish Independent. 1 June 2021. 18 May 2020. Niall. Scully.
2. Web site: The swinging Sixties - How the Dubs beat the odds to reclaim Sam after Heffo's retirement. Irish Independent. 1 June 2021. 26 August 2019. Rónán. Mac Lochlainn.
3. Web site: Former Dublin All-Ireland winner Pascal Flynn laid to rest in Wicklow . Wicklow People . Myles . Buchanan . 20 September 2024 .