Chris Conway (footballer)

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Chris Conway
Personal information
Irish name Criostóir Ó Conbhuí
Sport Gaelic football
Position Corner Forward
Born Laois
Nickname Hurricane fly
Club(s)
YearsClub
 Arles/Kilcruise
Club titles
Laois titles 1
Leinster titles 10
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
-2007
 Laois
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 1

Chris Conway is a Gaelic footballer from County Laois. [1] [2]

He plays for the Arles-Kilcruise club. He formerly played at centre forward for Laois and in 2003 was part of the Laois team that won the Leinster Senior Football Championship title [1] for the first time since 1946, [3] before departing the inter-county scene after the 2006 season.

Conway emerged on to the scene in 1996 as part of the Laois minor team that won the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship title. [1]

In 2003 his club Arles-Kilcruise won the Laois Senior Football Championship title under the captaincy of his brother, Paudge.[ citation needed ]

Conway also had a coaching role with Knockbeg College, where he is a schoolteacher, and guided his "alma mater" to a 2005 All-Ireland Senior Colleges title.[ citation needed ]

Conway finished his inter-county career with the Laois football team at the end of the 2007 season.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "History of Arles Kilcruise G.F.C." Archived from the original on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. ↑ Colm Keys (22 February 2008). "New efforts made to bring back Laois stars". Independent.IE. Retrieved 13 July 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. ↑ "Burning desire to be part of success". Irish Times . 29 May 2004. Retrieved 13 July 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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