Austin Garvin
Born
Austin P. Garvin

1945 (1945)[1]
Claremorris, County Mayo, Ireland
Died (aged 76)
Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Occupation(s)Sports journalist, broadcaster and Gaelic football manager

Austin P. Garvin (1945 – 16 November 2022) was an Irish Gaelic football manager who had success with the Mayo minor football team. He later worked as a sports journalist and broadcaster.

Career

Garvin played Gaelic football to a high level with Claremorris but was forced to retire in his mid-twenties.[2] He later took on roles as a coach, trainer and manager and guided the Mayo minor football team to the All-Ireland MFC title in 1971.[3] Garvin was again in charge when the Mayo minors won a second title in 1978.[4] His other managerial honours include seven Connacht MFC titles between 1971 and 1980.[5]

After retiring from his career with Eircom, Garvin became a freelance journalist.[6] His largest body of work was as a Gaelic games correspondent with the Western People and the Mayo News; however, he also covered Claremorris Municipal District meetings and other events across south Mayo. Garvin also worked as a Gaelic games broadcaster with MidWest Radio.

Death

Garvin died at the Mayo Hospice in Castlebar on 16 November 2022, at the age of 76.[7]

Honours

Mayo

References

  1. ↑ "Austin P Garvin in 1945". Find My Past website. Retrieved 22 November 2022.(subscription required)
  2. ↑ "Austin Garvin's death mourned in sporting circles as legendary broadcaster and journalist remembered". Galway Beo. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "The Mayo boys of summer 1971". The Mayo News. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "Minors of 1978 meet up for reunion". The Mayo News. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "Thirteen reasons why Mayo failed to end the famine". Irish Times. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "Mayo mourns passing of much-loved GAA personality Austin Garvin". The Connaught Telegraph. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "The death has occurred of Austin GARVIN". rip.ie. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
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