Cyril Dunne (born 1941 in

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) is an

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former

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er who played for his local club

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and at senior level for the Galway county team in the 1960s, when he won three consecutive

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medals in 1964, 1965 and 1966. Dunne later served as

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of the Galway team between 1984 and 1986. His father John "Tull" Dunne was on the winning Galway teams in the 1934 and 1938 All-Ireland finals, coach of the winning teams in 1964, 1965 and 1066 and secretary of the Galway County Board from 1938 to 1981.

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