Mike Dunne (rugby union)
| Full name | Michael Joseph Dunne | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 14 July 1906 Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 February 1967 (aged 60) Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Castleknock College | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Solicitor | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Joseph Dunne (14 July 1906 — 7 February 1967) was an Irish international rugby union player.[1]
Michael Dunne was born and spent his early years on his fathers farm in Greenogue Parish in Co. Meath. Sadly his father died a couple of months after his birth but he continued to live there until his mother died tragically just before his 7th birthday in 1913. He became a ward of court and became a fulltime boarder at Castleknock College[2] with a charitable bursary.
A second row forward, Dunne captained Dublin-based club Lansdowne and was capped 16 times for Ireland between 1928 and 1934.[3] He also gained selection for the 1930 British & Irish Lions, playing 10 matches during tours of New Zealand and Australia, but none of the international fixtures.[4]
Dunne was a solicitor by profession and practised in Dublin.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Another Irish Rugby Team Change". Dundee Courier. 12 February 1932.
- 1 2 "#273 Mickey Dunne". British & Irish Lions.
- ↑ "Former rugby international". Belfast Telegraph. 10 February 1967.
- ↑ Watterson, Johnny (29 June 2017). "When the All Blacks had to wear white". The Irish Times.