Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Pól Ó Floinn | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Left corner forward | ||
Born |
Waterford, Ireland | 17 December 1974||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Nickname | N/A | ||
Occupation | Medical Rep | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
1992–2009 | Ballygunner | ||
Club titles | |||
Waterford titles | 8 | ||
Munster titles | 1 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1993–2008 | Waterford | 46 (24–181) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 3 | ||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
NHL | 1 | ||
All Stars | 1 |
Paul Flynn (born 17 December 1974) is an Irish former hurler who played as a left wing-forward at senior level for the Waterford county team. He joined the team in 1993 and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement in 2008.[1]
Flynn is Waterford's top championship scorer of all-time. He has won three Munster winners' medals, one National League winners' medal and one All-Star award. He ended up as an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.[2]
At club level Flynn is a one-time Munster medalist with Ballygunner. In addition to this he has won eight county club championship medals.
Also a player of association football, Flynn also won schoolboy international caps as a soccer goalkeeper will being a trainee with Aston Villa he also played a season with Waterford United in the League of Ireland.[3]
A former manager of the Carlow under-21 hurling team, Flynn is currently[when?] a selector with the Waterford under-21 hurling team.
Flynn won a GUI senior cup medal in 2014 with Tramore in Carton House, Maynooth.
The hurling 20/20 committee released their recommendations on 6 January 2015 Flynn was part of The group set up by GAA President Liam O'Neill.