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Cyril Dunne

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Cyril Dunne
Personal information
Irish name Cyril Ó Dúinn
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right wing-forward
Born 1941
Ballinasloe, County Galway
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Club(s)
Years Club
1950s–1970s
St Grellan's GFC
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1961–1970
Galway
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 6
All-Irelands 3
NFL 1
All Stars 0

Cyril Dunne (born 1941 in Ballinasloe, County Galway) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for his local club St Grellan's GFC and at senior level for the Galway county team in the 1960s, when he won three consecutive All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals in 1964, 1965 and 1966. Dunne later served as manager of the Galway team between 1984 and 1986.[1]

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.

References

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  1. ^ "Galway GAA profile". www.hoganstand.com. Archived from the original on 26 May 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Galway Senior Football Manager
1984–1986
Succeeded by