Irish Gaelic footballer
Bartholomew Garvey (1921 – 12 December 2002), known as Batt Garvey , was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for club sides Dingle and Geraldines and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team .
Career
Garvey first played Gaelic football with Dingle before lining out with the Geraldines club in Dublin . He made his first appearance at inter-county level with Kerry during the 1945 Munster Championship . Garvey won four Munster Championship medals in total, however, the highlight of his brief inter-county career was the 1946 All-Ireland final replay defeat of Roscommon . He also lined out in the 1947 All-Ireland final defeat by Cavan at the Polo Grounds in New York . Garvey also won two Railway Cup medals with Munster , the second as team captain.[ 1] [ 2]
Personal life and death
Garvey was born in Ventry , County Kerry , but spent his entire adult life in Dublin where he was principal of St. Joseph's Boys' National School in Terenure . He died at the Mater Private Hospital on 12 December 2002.
Honours
Kerry
Munster
References
Batt Garvey navigation boxes
Kerry – 1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (16th title)
Kerry – 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up