Michael Peter Flannelly (21 February 1930 – 11 September 2021) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with Mount Sion and was also a member of the Waterford senior hurling team. Flannelly usually lined out as a forward.

Career

Flannelly first came to

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prominence at juvenile and underage levels with the Mount Sion club. An undefeated tenure with the club's minor team yielded three successive championship titles before being drafted onto the Mount Sion senior team. Flannelly's senior club career lasted nearly 20 years, during which time he won a record 15

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titles from 18 appearances in finals. His success at underage level with the club brought him to the attention of the inter-county selectors, and he

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ed the Waterford minor team to the All-Ireland Minor Championship title in 1948. Flannelly joined the senior team during the 1949-50 league and remained with the team for 16 seasons. He won an All-Ireland Championship title after scoring 1-01 from wing-forward against

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in the 1959 All-Ireland final replay. Flannelly's other honours include three Munster Championships, one

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and an

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title. He also earned inclusion on the

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team in the

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Personal life and death

Flannelly was born in

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in February 1930. His

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-born father, Matt, enjoyed a distinguished sporting career with the

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and lined out in the 1919 All-Ireland final defeat by

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. Flannelly qualified as a printer and worked for many years at Croke Printers in Waterford. Flannelly died on 11 September 2021, aged 91.

Honours

Mount Sion *

Waterford Senior Hurling Championship The Waterford Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the JJ Kavanagh & Sons Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Waterford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since ...

: 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965 *

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: 1953, 1955, 1956, 1959 *Waterford Minor Hurling Championship: 1946, 1947, 1948 Waterford *

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling competition i ...

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Munster Senior Hurling Championship The Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Munster Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurli ...

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: 1962-63 * All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship:

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Munster Minor Hurling Championship The Munster GAA Hurling Minor Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Electric Ireland Munster GAA Hurling Minor Championship) is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Assoc ...

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Flannelly, Mick 1930 births 2021 deaths Mount Sion hurlers Waterford inter-county hurlers Munster inter-provincial hurlers All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners