Death of former Dublin captain
April 04, 2017
Dublin All Ireland SFC champions 1958. Front l-r: Peter O'Reilly (trainer), Ollie Freaney, Johnny Boyle, Kevin Heffernan, Paddy Farnan, Maurice Whelan, Christy Leany, Padraic Haughey, Des Ferguson, Johnny Malone, Brendan Quinn. Back l-r: Denis Mahony (Chairman County Board), Cathal O'Leary, Paddy O'Flaherty, John Timmons, Lar Foley, Johnny Joyce, Jim Crowley, Marcus Wilson, Sean Murray, Brendan Morris, Tony Gillen, Dermot McCann, Paddy Downey, Joe Brennan, Joe Timmons.
Ex Dublin football captain Denis 'Danno' Mahony has passed away at the age of 88.
A stalwart of the St Vincents club, Mahony captained the Dubs in their 1955 All-Ireland SFC final defeat to Kerry and admitted afterwards that he "had to go to the back of the Cusack Stand to congratulate the Kerry team and I came out crying".
A then record crowd of 87,102 attended that decider and the Dublin team was backboned by men from Vincents, including Kevin Heffernan as a roving full forward. Danno was corner back and the Leinster champions went into the final as favourites, having routed defending All-Ireland champions Meath.
An All-Ireland minor winner with Dublin in 1945, he also played in the 1946 All-Ireland MFC final and was one of 14 St Vincents players to line out for Dublin against All-Ireland champions Cavan in the 1953 league final.
Hanging up his boots prior to the 1958 All-Ireland success, Denis Mahony served as chairman of Dublin County Board for a few years before embarking on a successful business career in the 1960s.
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