Peter Daly (Gaelic footballer) explained

Code:Football
Sport:Gaelic football
Peter Daly
Irish:Peadar Ó Dálaigh
Birth Date:1940 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland
Death Place:Ennis, County Clare, Ireland
Feet:5
Inches:11
Occupation:Army officer
County:Offaly
Province:Leinster
Club:Ballinamere
Tullamore
Clcounty:1
Counties:Offaly
Icposition:Centre-forward
Icyears:1959-1962[1]
Icapps(Points):11
Icprovince:2
Icallireland:0
Nfl:0

Peter M. Daly (21 September 1940 – 16 December 2022) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with Ballinamere and was also a member of the Offaly senior football team.

Career

Daly was educated at Tullamore CBS, with whom he lined out in various Leinster Colleges' competitions. A dual player at minor levels in 1956, 1957 and 1958, he came onto the Offaly senior football team during the 1958-59 National League. Daly also lined out with the Offaly junior hurling team in 1959.

Daly won back-to-back Leinster SFC titles in 1960 and 1961, and lined out at centre-forward when Offaly were beaten by Down in the 1961 All-Ireland final.[2] He also earned inclusion on the All-Army selection in the representative game against the Combined Universities. Daly's other honours include an Offaly JHC with Ballinamere in 1959, an Offaly SHC with Tullamore in 1960, minor titles in both codes as well as Army tournament and athletics awards.[3]

Personal life and death

Daly enlisted in the Defence Forces in 1960 and was commissioned into the Infantry Corps as a Second-Lieutenant on a year later. He served in the Southern Command for much of his career. Daly also served overseas with the United Nations and was Chief Operations Officer with UNIFIL in 1992.[4]

Daly died in Ennis, County Clare on 16 December 2022, at the age of 82.[5]

Honours

Ballinamere

1959

Tullamore

1960

Offaly

1960, 1961

Notes and References

  1. News: Profile: Peter Daly. Uibh Fháilí GAA website. 20 December 2022.
  2. News: Leinster Senior Football Finalists. Leinster GAA website. 20 December 2022.
  3. News: Death of former Offaly footballer. Offdaly Live. 19 December 2022. 20 December 2022.
  4. News: Col Peter Daly RIP. ARCO website. 18 December 2022. 20 December 2022.
  5. News: Offaly trailblazer Peter Daly passes away. Hogan Stand. 20 December 2022. 20 December 2022.