Patrick Martin "Patsy" Flannelly (7 November 1909 – 14 October 1939) was an
Irish Gaelic football
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er who played as a midfielder at senior level for the
Mayo county team.
Flannelly joined the team during the
1932 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his death following the conclusion of the
1939 championship. During that time he won one
All-Ireland medal, five
Connacht
Connacht ( ; ga, Connachta or ), is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, Conmhaícne, and Delbhn ...
medals and six
National League
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medals.
Flannelly experienced a successful club career with
Castlebar Mitchels
Castlebar Mitchels is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Castlebar area in County Mayo, Ireland. The club was founded in 1885 and is named after the nationalist John Mitchel (1815–1875). Though football is the club's dominant spor ...
, winning four
county championship
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medals.
References
1909 births
1939 deaths
Castlebar Mitchels Gaelic footballers
Connacht inter-provincial Gaelic footballers
Irish butchers
Mayo inter-county Gaelic footballers
Winners of one All-Ireland medal (Gaelic football)
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