westmeath gaa footballteam in the 1960s

cassells80

iwant to find out about a national football league played in croke park in the 1960s.on that team for westmeath were dom murtagh the downs centre field tommy dolan was in the forwards from athlone pat buckley maryland georgie keane rosemount and the one and only mick carley mental hospital as was known then st lomans there was no televisions at the time i remember listeningon the radio mick o connel iam sure was on that team for kerrry i know its one for the archives iam surprised no one has a record of it.nothing coming up when i type in the message details westmeath in the 1960s.iam hoping someone here will know about the match i tried many ways nothing showing yours frank cassells cassells80 username

laoisman11

All I have on it is the score and date - 11th May 1969, Kerry 2-12 Westmeath 2-08, League semi-final Croke Park.

Boom__Boom

The Kerry line-up from the TerraceTalk site

Johnny Culloty
Killarney Legion

Donie O'Sullivan
Spa

Paud O'Donoghue
Ballylongford

Seamus MacGearailt
An Gaeltacht

Denis O'Sullivan
Kerins O'Rahillys

Mick Morris
John Mitchels

Micheál Ó'Sé
An Gaeltacht

Mick O'Connell
Valentia
(0-2)

DJ Crowley
Rathmore

Brendan Lynch
Beaufort
(1-4)

Pat Griffin
Glenbeigh/Glencar
(1-1)

Eamonn O'Donoghue
Ballylongford

Dom O'Donnell
John Mitchels
(0-1)

Liam Higgins
Lispole

Mick O'Dwyer
Waterville
(0-4)


Subs:
1. Derry Crowley for Donie O'Sullivan

http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/game/851/1969-Kerry-Vs-Westmeath

dxhound2005

http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/gaa/articles/2009/05/12/39361-the-westmeath-69ers

Bonniedog

June 11, 1967, Tullamore, Leinster First Round:
Dublin 0 – 8 Westmeath 1 – 6 Attendance 8,049










DUBLIN: Paddy Cullen (O’Connell Boys), Bill Casey (Na Fianna), Sean Lee (St. Annes), Eugene Mullen (St. Vincents), Mick Kelleher (St. Vincents), Des Foley (St. Vincents), Gerry Davey (Clanna Gael), Shay O’Connor (Synge Street), Tony Donnelly (Colmcilles), Mickey Whelan (Clanna Gael), Jimmy Keaveney (St. Vincents), Mick Cranny (Round Towers), Jim Evers (Sean McDermotts), Brian McDonald (Synge Street), Leslie Deegan (St. Vincents).


Scorers: Keaveney 0 – 5, O’Connor, Donnelly, Whelan, 0 – 1 each.



WESTMEATH: K. Higgins, P. Cole, M. Guilfoyle, P. Len-non, A. Gillivan, T. J Finneran, M. Murphy, D. Murtagh, J. McKenna, T. Dolan, M. Carley, S. Mulligan, P. Buckley, P. Murray, D. Dolan.

Subs: M. Fagan for Murphy, V. Murray for Finneran, R. Smith for Gillivan.

Scorers: Buckley 0 – 3, T. Dolan 1 – 0, V. Murray 0 – 2, McKenna 0 – 1.



Referee: Jim Hatton (Wicklow)

cassells80

thaks for your reply have you got any photos of the westmeath team in the 1969 when theyplayed kerry inthe national football league on the 11th may that year even if i could locate a photo of the same year perhaps when they played in the championship.could i get a report on the match the day after the irish press was in circulation then thanks for your assistance regards cassells80 very much a keen fan of the players in that era

dxhound2005

There is not much on the internet about GAA from years past. You would have to subscribe to a newspaper archive site to get access to newspaper reports.

Or you could try the library in Mullingar or Athlone.

https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/

I couldn't find any photographs online.