Michael Garry

Michael Garry
Full nameMichael Gerald Garry
Place of birthShanahea, Kildysart,
County Clare, Ireland
Date of death17 September 1967 (aged 80)
Place of deathLiverpool, Lancashire, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1909–11 Ireland 7 (0)

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]

  1. ^ a b McGann, Colin (5 December 2015). "Coolmeen: A small parish with a big heart". The Clare Champion.
  2. ^ "Dr. Garry dies in hospital". Formby Times. 21 September 1967.