Johnny Carey is a former GAA All Star

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

er and Garda

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from

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. He won 2

Connacht Senior Football Championship The Connacht Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition for the senior county teams of Connacht GAA. All of the counties of Connacht participate in the championship, as well as counties London and New York. The winning ...

s, in 1967 and 1969, with the Mayo county team and a

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medal in 1970. In 1971, he was named at right full back on the inaugural team at the

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. He was also manager of the senior Mayo football team between 1977 and 1980.

Playing career

Club

Owing to his career with the Gardaí, Carey was a member of several clubs over the course of his playing career. With his first club,

Belmullet Belmullet (, IPA: �bʲeːlənˠˈwʊɾˠhəd̪ˠ is a coastal Gaeltacht town with a population of 1,019 on the Mullet Peninsula in the barony (Ireland), barony of Erris, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is the commercial and cul ...

, he won a county minor medal in 1962, which led to a call-up to the Mayo county minor team in 1962 and 1963. He joined

Kiltane Kiltane ( Irish: ''Cill tSéadhna'') is a parish in Erris, North County Mayo, Ireland. Origins Kiltane derives its name from Cill tSéadhna, or Seadhna's church, which was in the townland of Kiltane by the banks of the Owenmore River. The name ...

when it was formed in 1964, and won a north Mayo championship in 1965. He was based in

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between 1966 and 1973, where he played with

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before returning to Kiltane in 1973 to win a

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medal. Over the course of the rest of his club career, Carey played for

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and

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Inter-county

Carey played for the senior Mayo county team between 1965 and 1973. He was part of the team that won the

in both 1967 and 1969, and captained the team to a

in 1970. He was also part of the Connacht

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team that won the competition in 1969. Following his retirement from the inter-county team in 1973, he returned to manage them between 1977 and 1980.

Personal life

Carey was a member of the Garda, rising to the rank of Chief

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as an advisor to the Corrib gas project. He is married to Mary Ann and is father of five (Michelle, Jacqueline, John Brendan, Siobhan and Brian)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carey, Johnny 1945 births Living people Belmullet Gaelic footballers Connacht inter-provincial Gaelic footballers Corrib gas controversy Dunmore McHales Gaelic footballers Gaelic football managers Garda Síochána officers Kiltale Gaelic footballers Mayo inter-county Gaelic footballers Roscommon Gaels Gaelic footballers Tuam Stars Gaelic footballers Police officers from County Mayo