P. J. McIntyre was a dual player from Kenmare, County Kerry. He played both football and hurling at inter-county and club level in Kerry during the 1960s and 1970s. He also played with Offaly and St Rynagh's.
He won a Munster JFC title, later adding an All-Ireland JFC, with Kerry in 1967, and a Munster IHC title in 1970.
His son Seamus followed in his father's footsteps in both sport and professional life by joining the Garda Síochána; he died in an accident in Cork City in 2001.
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