Jimmy Farrell R.I.P
Is údar mór brón do CLG na Gaillimhe an scéala go bhfuil ár n-iar imreoir Contae Jimmy Farrell imithe ar shlí na firínne.
27 September 1959; The Galway team. Back row, from left, Mick Garrett, John Nallen, Mick Laide, Jack Kissane, Mattie McDonagh, Frank Evers, Joe Young and Mick Greally. Front row, from left, Séamus Colleran, Jimmy Farrell, Seán Meade, Seán Purcell, captain, Michael ‘Hauleen’ McDonagh, Jack Mahon and Frank Stockwell. All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Kerry v Galway, Croke Park, Dublin. Picture credit: Connolly Collection / SPORTSFILE
The St Brendan’s clubman lined out in Goal the 1959 All-Ireland Final vs Kerry with his two club colleagues Mick Greally (Corner Back) and Mattie McDonagh (Midfield).
At Club level he filled numerous club roles throughout a lifetime of involvement.
On behalf of Galway GAA, we express our deepest sympathies to his children Marie, Anne, Kevin, Seamus and Kathy, brothers Tommie and Brian, sisters Chrissie and Teresa, his grandchildren, in laws and extended family members. He will be sadly missed by his family, friends and the whole Galway GAA community.
Funeral details are as follows: https://www.galwaybayfm.ie/death-notices/james-jimmy-farrell-183829
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