P. J. McIntyre was a

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from

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. He played both football and hurling at inter-county and club level in Kerry during the 1960s and 1970s. He also played with

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and St Rynagh's. He won a Munster JFC title, later adding an All-Ireland JFC, with Kerry in 1967, and a Munster IHC title in 1970. His son

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followed in his father's footsteps in both sport and professional life by joining the

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; he died in an accident in

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in 2001.

References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20100817034410/http://munster.gaa.ie/history/ih_teams/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20110801225940/http://munster.gaa.ie/history/jf_teams/ * http://hoganstand.com/kerry/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=13395 * https://web.archive.org/web/20170729092004/http://hoganstand.com/Kerry/Profile.aspx Austin Stacks hurlers Dual players Garda Síochána officers Kenmare Gaelic footballers Kenmare hurlers Kerry inter-county Gaelic footballers Kerry inter-county hurlers Kilgarvan hurlers Offaly inter-county hurlers Police officers from County Kerry St Rynagh's hurlers {{Kerry-hurling-bio-stub