Dinny Lyne

Dinny Lyne

Personal information
Irish name	Donncha Ó Laighin
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Left corner-back
Born	1920 Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
Died	29 November 2001 (aged 81) Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Occupation	Farmer
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Killarney Legion
Club titles
Kerry titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1944-1948	Kerry	18 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	3
All-Irelands	1
NFL	0

Denis J. Lyne (1920 – 29 November 2001) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for club side Killarney Legion and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team.

Career

Lyne first came to prominence as a Gaelic footballer as a member of the Kerry junior team that won the All-Ireland Junior Championship in 1941. He made his first appearance with the Kerry senior side during the 1944 Munster Championship. Lyne won three 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 as team captain in the 1947 All-Ireland final defeat by Cavan at the Polo Grounds in New York. Lyne also won a County Championship medal with Killarney Legion and a Railway Cup medal with Munster.^[1]

Personal life and death

Lyne was born just outside Killarney, County Kerry and spent his entire life working on the family farm. Three of his brothers all enjoyed All-Ireland success in various grades with Kerry. Lyne's nephews, Pat, Tom and Mick Spillane, won a total of 19 All-Ireland medals with Kerry between 1975 and 1986.^[2] His grandson, Jonathan Lyne, won an All-Ireland medal with Kerry in 2014.^[3] Dinny Lyne died after a brief illness on 29 November 2001.

Honours

Killarney Legion

• Kerry Senior Football Championship: 1946

Kerry

• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1946
• Munster Senior Football Championship: 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948

Munster

• Railway Cup: 1948

References

1. "Any team that beats Crokes in a county final will have really earned their spurs". Irish Independent. 3 November 2000. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
2. Leen, Matt. "A Legendary Kerry Family - The Lynes of Cleeney". Terrace Talk website. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
3. O'Mahony, John (4 November 2015). "Legion play the generation game". Killarney Today. Retrieved 31 May 2021.