Patrick Larkin (hurler)

Patrick Larkin (1866–1917) was an Irish hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Galway senior team.

Patrick Larkin
Personal information
Irish name Pádraig Ó Lorcáin
Sport Hurling
Position Goalkeeper
Born 1866
Killimor, County Galway, Ireland
Died 1917 (aged 51)
Kiltormer, County Galway, Ireland
Occupation Shopkeeper and farmer
Club(s)
Years Club
 Kiltormer
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1887
 Galway
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands 0

Born in Killimor, County Galway, Larkin first played competitive hurling as a teenager. He made his first impression on the hurling field at the age of seventeen when he organised various hurling games, drawn up under his own rules, in south-east Galway. Larkin captained Galway in the inaugural championship in 1887, however, he ended his inter-county career without an All-Ireland medal.[1][2]

As well as hurling at inter-county level, Larkin subsequently served as president and secretary of the Galway County Board.

Larkin was also involved in the Land War struggles, as well as being identified with the physical force men of the oath-bound Irish Republican Brotherhood, and was imprisoned for his agrarian activities.[3]

References
  1. "Hurling, South-East Galway and the First All-Ireland". Séamus J. King website. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  2. Rouse, Dr. Paul. "How Dublin saved hurling: the 1880s and the making of a modern game". Dublin Heritage website. Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  3. "The Larkin Clan". The Larkin Clan website. Retrieved 3 March 2014.


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