Garry O'Mahony
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| Born | 1933 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 October 2011 (aged 78) Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Garage assistant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gaelic football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Garry O'Mahony (29 February 1933 – 24 October 2011) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for club side John Mitchels and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team.
A member of the John Mitchels club, in Tralee, O'Mahony won his first County Championship title in 1952 before claiming a second title in 1959.[1] He first played for the Kerry senior football team during the 1953-54 league and succeeded in displacing Johnny Foley as the first-choice goalkeeper. O'Mahony won the first of back-to-back Munster Championship medals in 1954 and, after defeat by Meath in the 1954 All-Ireland final, claimed a winners' medal after lining out in goal in Kerry's defeat of Dublin in the 1955 All-Ireland final. He retained his position in goal for the opening round of the 1956 Munster Championship but lost his place to Donal Marcus O'Neill later that year.[2]