| Full name | Michael Gerald Garry | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Shanahea, Kildysart, County Clare, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 17 September 1967 (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Liverpool, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Michael Gerald Garry was an Irish international rugby union player.
A native of County Clare, Garry was a doctor by profession and played his club rugby for Bective Rangers, from where he was capped seven times as a forward for Ireland between 1909 and 1911.
Garry's brother Joseph died in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.
Settling in Lancashire, Garry was for over three decades the Medical Officer of Health for the town of Formby.
See also
References
- ^ McGann, Colin (5 December 2015). "Coolmeen: A small parish with a big heart". The Clare Champion.
- "Dr. Garry dies in hospital". Formby Times. 21 September 1967.
External links
- Michael Garry at ESPNscrum