Garry Laffan

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Garry Laffan
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Personal information
Native name
Garraí Lafán (Irish)
Born1975 (1975)
Barntown,
County Wexford, Ireland
OccupationPolitician
Sport
SportHurling
PositionFull-forward
Club
Years Club
 Glynn–Barntown
Club titles
  Football Hurling
Wexford titles 1 0
Inter-county
Years County
1994–2002
 Wexford
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 2
All-Irelands 1
NHL 0
All Stars 0

Garry Laffan (born 1975) is an Irish politician, hurling coach and former dual player. At club level he played with Glynn–Barntown and was also a member of the Wexford senior hurling team. Laffan is also an elected representative with Wexford County Council.

Playing career

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Laffan first played for the Glynn–Barntown club in the juvenile and underage grades as a dual player. He won Wexford U21HC and U21FC titles in 1993 and 1994, by which stage he had progressed to adult level. Laffan won a Wexford SFC medal in 1996, following Glynn–Barntown's 2-03 to 0-07 defeat of Kilanerin in the final.[1][2]

Laffan first appeared on the inter-county scene with Wexford as a member of the under-21 team. He won a Leinster U21HC medal before facing defeat by Galway in the 1996 All-Ireland under-21 final. Laffan made his senior team debut in the Oireachtas Tournament in 1994.[3] He won a Leinster SHC medal in 1996, before playing at full-forward when Wexford beat Limerick in the 1996 All-Ireland final.[4]

A second Leinster SHC medal followed for Laffan in 1997, when Wexford retained the title after a defeat of Kilkenny.[5] He retired from inter-county hurling in 2002.

Coaching career

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Laffan became part of Tony Dempsey's Wexford under-21 hurling management team in 2010.[6] His three seasons with the team saw Wexford lose consecutive provincial finals to Dublin before suffering a heavy defeat to Kilkenny.[7]

At club level, Laffan spent a number of seasons as manager of Glenealy.[8] He guided the team to back-to-back Wicklow SHC titles in 2017 and 2018.[9][10] Laffan later took charge of the Tara Rocks club and managed them to the Wexford IAHC title in 2021.[11]

Political career

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Laffan was elected to Wexford County Council as a Fianna Fáil candidate in the 2019 local elections.[12] He was elected mayor of Wexford in June 2021.[13]

Honours

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Player

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Glynn–Barntown
Wexford

Management

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Glenealy
Tara Rocks

References

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