Austin Garvin

Austin P. Garvin (1945 – 16 November 2022) was an Irish Gaelic football manager who had success with the Mayo minor football team. He later worked as a sports journalist and broadcaster.

Austin Garvin
Born
Austin P. Garvin

1945 (1945)[1]
Claremorris, County Mayo, Ireland
Died (aged 76)
Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Occupation(s)Sports journalist, broadcaster and Gaelic football manager

Career

Garvin played Gaelic football to a high level with Claremorris but was forced to retire in his mid-twenties.[2] He later took on roles as a coach, trainer and manager and guided the Mayo minor football team to the All-Ireland MFC title in 1971.[3] Garvin was again in charge when the Mayo minors won a second title in 1978.[4] His other managerial honours include seven Connacht MFC titles between 1971 and 1980.[5]

After retiring from his career with Eircom, Garvin became a freelance journalist.[6] His largest body of work was as a Gaelic games correspondent with the Western People and the Mayo News; however, he also covered Claremorris Municipal District meetings and other events across south Mayo. Garvin also worked as a Gaelic games broadcaster with MidWest Radio.

Death

Garvin died at the Mayo Hospice in Castlebar on 16 November 2022, at the age of 76.[7]

Honours
Mayo

References
  1. "Austin P Garvin in 1945". Find My Past website. Retrieved 22 November 2022.(subscription required)
  2. "Austin Garvin's death mourned in sporting circles as legendary broadcaster and journalist remembered". Galway Beo. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  3. "The Mayo boys of summer 1971". The Mayo News. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  4. "Minors of 1978 meet up for reunion". The Mayo News. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  5. "Thirteen reasons why Mayo failed to end the famine". Irish Times. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  6. "Mayo mourns passing of much-loved GAA personality Austin Garvin". The Connaught Telegraph. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  7. "The death has occurred of Austin GARVIN". rip.ie. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
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