Josie Munnelly
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| Native name | Seosamh Ó Maonaile (Irish) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1915 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | June 1996 (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Psychiatric nurse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gaelic football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right corner-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Josie Munnelly (March 1915 – June 1996) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career at senior level with the Mayo county team lasted fourteen seasons from 1934 until 1948.[1]
Munnelly made his senior debut for Mayo during the 1934–35 league and quickly became a regular member of the starting fifteen. Over the course of the following fourteen seasons he enjoyed much success, the highlight being in 1936 when he won an All-Ireland medal. Munnelly also won four Connacht medals and six National Football League medals. After ending his senior career, Munnelly joined the Mayo junior team and won an All-Ireland medal in that grade in 1957.
Honours
- Castlebar Mitchels
- Mayo Senior Football Championship (13): 1932, 1934, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954
- Mayo
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (1): 1936
- Connacht Senior Football Championship (4): 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939
- National Football League (6): 1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1940–41
- All-Ireland Junior Football Championship (1): 1957
- Connacht Junior Football Championship (1): 1957
- Connacht
- Railway Cup (2): 1937, 1938
References
- ^ "Mayo GAA profile". Hogan Stand. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.