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Séamus Flynn

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Séamus Flynn was an Irish Gaelic footballer, administrator and manager, born in 1939, who died on 13 February 2024 at the age of 84. He played at club level with Clonguish and at inter-county level with the Longford senior football team, and he later served as a county board officer and manager. He made his senior debut for Longford in a National Football League game against Sligo in 1958, spent some years in England playing for Harps and Shamrocks and the Lancashire county team, and rejoined Longford in 1963. He was part of the team that won the National League Division 1 title in 1966 and a Leinster Senior Football Championship medal in 1968, when Longford claimed their first ever title. He won eight Longford Senior Football Championships with Clonguish and was named at right corner-back on the Longford Team of the Millennium.

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    Séamus Flynn (1939-13 February 2024)
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    was an Irish Gaelic footballer, administrator and manager
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    he was part of the team that beat Galway and New York to win the National League Division 1 title in 1966
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