Larry Tompkins
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Born |
13 June 1963 Rathmore Naas, County Kildare |
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| Occupation | publican | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1970s–1980s 1980s–1990s |
Eadestown Castlehaven |
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| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 3 | ||
| Munster titles | 3 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1979–1985 1987–1996 |
Kildare Cork |
8 (2-33) 27(0–117) |
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| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 6 | ||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 3 | ||
Larry Tompkins (born 13 June 1963 in Naas, County Kildare) is a former Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. He played football at various times with his local clubs Eadestown in Kildare and Castlehaven in Cork. He also played football with both the Kildare and Cork senior inter-county teams throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Tompkins captained Cork to the All-Ireland title in 1990 and later served as manager of the team from 1996 until 2003.
Larry Tompkins was born in Greenmount, Rathmore just outside Naas, County Kildare in 1963. The youngest of seven children, he showed a keen interest in Gaelic football from an early age. Tompkins was educated at Rathmore national school where he first played both hurling and football. He later attended Blessington secondary school in County Wicklow where he developed his football skills even further. Tompkins was captain of the Wicklow Vocational Schools team that won the Leinster championship in 1980. The team subsequently lost the All-Ireland final to Derry.
Tomkins later trained as a carpenter; however, at a time when unemployment was rife in Ireland, he spent much of the early 1980s working in the United States. Tompkins returned to Ireland in 1987 and settled in Castlehaven, County Cork. He currently owns and runs his own pub in the centre of Cork city.
Tomkins began his club football career with his local club in Eadestown and enjoyed much success. He won a junior 'B’ title with the club in 1981, a victory which acted as a springboard for further success. The following year Tompkins added a junior 'A’ title to his collection. Further success followed in 1983 when Eadestown, with Tompkins playing a key role, secured a county intermediate championship title.
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