Alan Larkin
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Ailéin Ó Lorcáin | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | centreback | ||
| Born | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Occupation | QFA | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Raheny | |||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
?-? | Dublin | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | ? | ||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Alan Larkin is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Raheny club and for the Dublin county team.[1]
Playing career
[edit]Larkin won his first all-Ireland with Dublin in 1974 when they defeated Galway 0-14 to 1-6. He won his second title with Dublin in 1977 when Dublin defeated Armagh 5-12 to 3-6. Larkin served as manager of the Dublin minor team and led them to an All-Ireland in the 1980s.[1]
Post-football career
[edit]Larkin has worked for Ministers of the Word in Beaumont Hospital and in his own parish of Kilmore West.[2] He coached a Dublin minor league team, which won the Leinster Championship in 1994.[3] He is married to his wife, Rose, and together they have five children and three grandchildren.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Raheny GAA Formation of the Club". Archived from the original on 1 December 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ^ a b "GAA football hero ministers to the Word". Catholicireland.net. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ "`He was always the first to training, you'd have to drag him off the field at the end ... '". Independent.ie. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
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