Michael Garry
| Full name | Michael Gerald Garry | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Shanahea, Kildysart, County Clare, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 September 1967 (aged 80) Liverpool, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Michael Gerald Garry was an Irish international rugby union player.
A native of County Clare, Garry was a doctor by profession and played his club rugby for Bective Rangers, from where he was capped seven times as a forward for Ireland between 1909 and 1911.[1]
Garry's brother Joseph died in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.[1]
Settling in Lancashire, Garry was for over three decades the Medical Officer of Health for the town of Formby.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 McGann, Colin (5 December 2015). "Coolmeen: A small parish with a big heart". The Clare Champion.
- ↑ "Dr. Garry dies in hospital". Formby Times. 21 September 1967.
External links
[edit]- Michael Garry at ESPNscrum (archived)