Aidan Fennelly

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Aidan Fennelly
Personal information
Irish name Aodhán Ó Fionnghalaigh
Sport Gaelic football
Position Corner back
Born 28 August 1981 (1981-08-28) (age 41)
County Laois, Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Nickname Fenno
Club(s)
YearsClub
1998-2013
Portlaoise
Club titles
Laois titles 8
Leinster titles 2
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1999 – 2011
Laois
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 1
All Stars nominee 2005

Aidan Fennelly (born 28 August 1981) is a Gaelic footballer from County Laois. [1]

He plays for the Portlaoise club. He usually plays at right corner back for Laois and in 2005 was nominated for an All-Star award. [2] In 2003, he was part of the Laois team that won the Leinster Senior Football Championship title for the first time since 1946.

Fennelly emerged on to the scene in 1998 as part of the Laois minor team that retained the Leinster Minor Football Championship.[ citation needed ]

He was also on the Laois minor team in 1999 in both hurling and football, captaining the unsuccessful football team bidding for a fourth Leinster Minor Football Championship in a row.[ citation needed ]

Fennelly has also won eight Laois Senior Football Championship medals with his club Portlaoise. [3]

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References

  1. "Doubts over Beano, Kelly and Fennelly but Garvan and Brennan are out" . Retrieved 6 April 2008.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. "Tyrone top all-star nominations list". Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  3. "GAA: Portlaoise's skill and ability win through". Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2008.