Mick Leahy (rugby union)

Michael William Leahy (6 June 1935 – 16 November 2023) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Leahy hailed from Woodford in County Galway and was taught his rugby by the village's only previous international, winger Dickie Roche.

[1] He gained an Ireland cap against Wales during the 1964 Five Nations and was a Munster Senior Cup-winner with Highfield.

[2] A second-rower, Leahy also competed for University College Cork and Connacht.

[3] A Gardaí superintendent, Leahy had four sons who won Munster Schools titles passing through Crescent College.