Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Andrias Ó Fionnaláin | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Midfield | ||
Born | 1973 Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland | ||
Nickname | Feno | ||
Occupation | Pharmaceutical executive [1] | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Rapparees Starlights | |||
Club titles | |||
Football | Hurling | ||
Wexford titles | 2 | 0 | |
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1993-2005 | Wexford | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Leinster titles | 3 | ||
All-Irelands | 1 | ||
NHL | 0 | ||
All Stars | 1 |
Adrian Fenlon (born 1973) is an Irish former hurler. At club level, he played with Rapparees Starlights and at inter-county level was a member of the Wexford senior hurling team.
Fenlon first played hurling to a high standard as a student at Enniscorty CBS. He lined out in all grades during his time there and won a Leinster Colleges JBHC title in 1987, following a defeat of Callan CBS in the final. [2] Fenlon was also part of the team beaten by 3-06 to 3-02 by Presentation College, Athenry in the subsequent All-Ireland final. [3]
At club level, Fenlon first played for the Rapparees Starlights club as a dual player in the juvenile and underage grades before progressing to adult level. He had his first senior success in 2022 when the club beat Duffry Rovers in a replay to take the Wexford SFC title. [4] Fenlon added a second SFC medal to his collection in 2004 after a defeat of Sarsfields in the final. [5]
Fenlon first appeared on the inter-county scene with Wexford as a member of the minor team in 1991. [6] He later spent an unsuccessful tenure with the under-21 team. Fenlon was still eligible for the under-21 grade when he made his senior team debut in 1993 and quickly became a regular member of the starting fifteen. [7] He won a Leinster SHC medal in 1996, before playing at midfield when Wexford beat Limerick in the 1996 All-Ireland final. [8] Fenlon ended the season with an All-Star award. [9]
A second Leinster SHC medal followed for Fenlon in 1997, when Wexford retained the title after a defeat of Kilkenny. [10] He claimed a third Leinster winner's medal after a defeat of Offaly in 2004. [11] Fenlon also earned selevtion for the Leinster team and won a Railway Cup medal in 1998. [12] He confirmed his retirement from inter-county hurling in March 2006. [13]