Irish hurler
Patrick Larkin (1866–1917) was an Irish hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Galway senior team.
Born in Killimor, County Galway, Larkin first played competitive hurling as a teenager. He made his first impression on the hurling field at the age of seventeen when he organised various hurling games, drawn up under his own rules, in south-east Galway. Larkin captained Galway in the inaugural championship in 1887, however, he ended his inter-county career without an All-Ireland medal.[1][2]
As well as hurling at inter-county level, Larkin subsequently served as president and secretary of the Galway County Board.[citation needed]
Larkin was also involved in the Land War struggles, as well as being identified with the physical force men of the oath-bound Irish Republican Brotherhood, and was imprisoned for his agrarian activities.[3]
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