Bernard Flynn
Bernard Flynn (born 26 June 1965) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for the Meath county team. As a teenager he attended secondary school in St Mary's of Drogheda. He enjoyed success play inter-county football in the 1980s and early 1990s on the Meath teams managed by Sean Boylan. For Meath he usually played at Full Forward. He played club football for St Colmcille's of East Meath up to the 1991 season when he moved to St Joseph's (Laois) and then to Mullingar Shamrocks (Westmeath).
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Bearnard Ó Floinn | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Left corner-forward | ||
| Born | Beamore, County Meath, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
|
St Colmcille's St Joseph's (Laois) Mullingar Shamrocks (Westmeath) | |||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1984-1994 | Meath | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 5 | ||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
| All Stars | 2 | ||
During his playing career he won two Senior All Ireland medals (1987 and 1988) as well as five Leinster medals, three National League Medals and a Centenary Cup Medal (a competition played to celebrate the one hundred anniversary of the GAA). He won two All Star awards as well.
When playing for Meath he was part of a Full Forward line of Colm O'Rourke, Brian Stafford and himself, widely regarded as one of the best Full forward lines of all time.
He has worked as a GAA pundit for RTÉ.
Flynn managed Mullingar Shamrocks and, in January 2021, he became manager of the Meath under-20 county team.[1]
Career statistics
| Team | Season | Leinster | All-Ireland | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Meath | 1984 | 2 | 0-01 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-01 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0-03 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-03 | |
| 1986 | 3 | 0-05 | 1 | 0-05 | 4 | 0-10 | |
| 1987 | 3 | 0-03 | 2 | 0-05 | 2 | 0-08 | |
| 1988 | 3 | 0-10 | 3 | 0-01 | 6 | 0-11 | |
| 1988 | 2 | 0-06 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-06 | |
| 1990 | 3 | 2-07 | 2 | 2-03 | 5 | 4-10 | |
| 1991 | 8 | 2-14 | 2 | 0-07 | 10 | 2-21 | |
| 1992 | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | |
| 1993 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | |
| 1994 | 3 | 0-06 | 0 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-06 | |
| Total | 30 | 4-55 | 10 | 2-21 | 40 | 6-76 | |
References
- "Flynn confirmed as Meath U20 manager with Geraghty as selector". Hogan Stand. 11 January 2021.