Patrick Larkin (hurler)

Patrick Larkin, who lived from 1866 to 1917, was an Irish hurler from Killimor, County Galway, who played as a goalkeeper for the Galway senior team. He first played hurling as a teenager and made his first impression on the hurling field at seventeen, when he organised hurling games drawn up under his own rules in south-east Galway. He captained Galway in the inaugural championship in 1887 but ended his inter-county career without an All-Ireland medal. Beyond the field he served as president and secretary of the Galway County Board, was involved in the Land War struggles, was identified with the physical force men of the oath-bound Irish Republican Brotherhood, and was imprisoned for his agrarian activities.