Con Dowdall

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Con Dowdall
Personal information
Irish name Conn Dúdal
Sport Hurling
Position Right wing-forward
Born 1945
Wexford, Ireland
Club(s)
YearsClub
Faythe Harriers
Club titles
Wexford titles 2
Inter-county(ies)*
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1965-1971
Wexford 4 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 1
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 18:54, 5 July 2014.

Con Dowdall (born 1945) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the Wexford senior team. [1]

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Born in Wexford, Dowdall first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen two when he first linked up with the Wexford minor team, before later joining the under-21 side. [2] He made his senior debut during the 1965 championship. Dowdall went on to play a bit part for Wexford over the next few years and won one Leinster medal.

At club level Dowdall won two championship medals with Faythe Harriers.[ citation needed ]

Throughout his inter-county career, Dowdall made just 4 championship appearances for Wexford. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1971 championship.[ citation needed ]

His brother-in-law, Liam Bennett, also played with Wexford. [3]

Honours

Team

Faythe Harriers
Wexford

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References

  1. "Con Dowdall". Hurling Stats website. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. "Memories return of sole U-21 win". Wexford People. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  3. "Shock at sudden death of Colette". Wexford People. 28 August 2003. Retrieved 5 July 2014.