Maurice Flynn

Maurice or Morris Flynn may refer to:

Maurice Flynn (hurler)

Maurice Flynn (1965-1936) was an Irish hurler who played as a left wing-forward for the Limerick senior team.

Born in Kilfinane, County Limerick, Flynn first excelled at hurling in his youth. He was a regular for the Limerick senior hurling team during a successful period at the end of the 19th century. During his inter-county career he won one All-Ireland medal and one Munster medal.

At club level Flood was a two-time championship medallist with Kilfinane.

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Maurice Flynn (presenter)

Maurice Flynn (born 12 June) is a journalist and presenter, currently employed by the BBC and best known for presenting BBC Points West and BBC East Midlands Today.

Early life

Born in the Blackstairs Mountains near Graiguenamanagh between Kilkenny and Waterford in Ireland, Maurice's family moved to the Gloucestershire-Oxfordshire borders in England in the mid 1980s.

Career history

Maurice Flynn is a presenter for the BBC news programme BBC East Midlands Today in the East Midlands of England.

Maurice was a teenager when he started his broadcasting career at Fox FM (now Heart Oxfordshire) in Oxford. While studying Multi-Media Journalism at Bournemouth University he began working as a journalist and newsreader for BBC Radio Oxford, and continued there when he left university. At 22, he moved to television working for HTV West in Bristol before returning to the BBC at BBC Points West where he worked as a presenter, reporter and producer.

Maurice left BBC Points West to study Garden Design and Horticulture at Pershore College in Worcestershire. While studying he continued broadcasting; co-presenting and producing "Fresh", a homes and garden show on BBC Radio Wiltshire; presenting and producing the rural affairs show "Rural Matters" for Horse & Country Television; producing for BBC Midlands Today and BBC South Today; and presenting for BBC News from Television Centre in London.