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{{short description|Irish hurler}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use Irish English|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox GAA player
| code           = Hurling
| sport          = Hurling
| image          =
| name           = Matt Gargan
| irish          = Maitiú Ó Gargáin
| feet           = 
| inches         = 
| occupation     = Stonecutter
| county         = Kilkenny
| province       = Leinster
| club           = [[Erin's Own GAA (Kilkenny)|Erin's Own]]
| clyears        = 
| clapps(points) =
| clcounty       = 0
| clprovince     =
| clallireland   =
| counties       = [[Waterford GAA|Waterford]]<br>[[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| icposition     = Midfield
| icyears        = 1905<br>1905-1917
| icapps(points) = 
| icprovince     = 5
| icallireland   = 5
| nhl            = 
| allstars       =
| clupdate       =
| icupdate       = 16:31, 28 April 2012
| birth_date     = 30 September 1885
| birth_place    = [[Kilkenny]], Ireland
| death_date     = 10 March 1949 (aged 63)
| death_place    = [[Kilkenny]], Ireland
}}
'''Matthew Gargan''' (30 September 1885 – 10 March 1949) was an [[Irish people|Irish]] [[hurling|hurler]] who played as a midfielder for the [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] and [[Waterford GAA|Waterford]] senior teams.

Gargan made his first appearance for the Kilkenny team during the [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1905|1905 championship]] and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1917|1917 championship]]. During that time he won five [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|All-Ireland]] medals and five [[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship|Leinster]] medals.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/kilkenny/Profile.aspx|title=Kilkenny GAA profile|publisher=Hogan Stand website|accessdate=28 April 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111014192436/http://hoganstand.com/Kilkenny/Profile.aspx|archivedate=14 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://leinster.gaa.ie/_fileupload/Archives/P40_69%20Finalis.pdf |title=Leinster Senior Hurling Finalists |publisher=Leinster GAA website |accessdate=28 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205220340/http://leinster.gaa.ie/_fileupload/Archives/P40_69%20Finalis.pdf |archivedate=5 December 2014 }}</ref> He also frequently and illegally lined out with [[Waterford GAA|Waterford]].

At club level Gargan enjoyed a lengthy career with [[Erin's Own GAA (Kilkenny)|Erin's Own]].{{fact|date=October 2020}}

==References==
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{{Kilkenny Hurling Team 1907}}
{{Kilkenny Hurling Team 1909}}
{{Kilkenny Hurling Team 1911}}
{{Kilkenny Hurling Team 1912}}
{{Kilkenny Hurling Team 1913}}

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[[Category:1885 births]]
[[Category:1949 deaths]]
[[Category:Erin's Own (Kilkenny) hurlers]]
[[Category:Kilkenny inter-county hurlers]]
[[Category:Waterford inter-county hurlers]]
[[Category:All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners]]

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