About Gerry Hardy
Lived 1937 – 1963 (aged 26). Gerry Hardy was a rugby union player.
Gerald Gabriel Hardy (29 March 1937 — 27 October 1963) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Biography Born in Omeath, County Louth, Hardy was the son of a businessman and younger brother of priest Michael Hardy, well known as a Louth GAA player in the 1940s.
Hardy played his rugby for Bective Rangers and was capped once for Ireland, as a fly-half against Scotland at Lansdowne Road during the 1962 Five Nations, in partnership with 17-year old scrum-half John Quirke.
In 1963, Hardy was one of six people killed in a car accident near Gormanston.
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Gerry Hardy was born on 29 March 1937.
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Gerry Hardy died on 27 October 1963.
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Gerry Hardy was a rugby union player.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Gerry Hardy. https://biography.guide/gerry-hardy/
MLA: "Gerry Hardy." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/gerry-hardy/.
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