Willie Fitzmaurice

Willie Fitzmaurice

Personal information
Sport	Hurling
Born	(1946-12-04) December 4, 1946 (age 79) Limerick, Ireland
Occupation	Priest
Club
Years	Club
	Killeedy GAA
Inter-county
Years	County
1970s and 1980s	Limerick
Willie Fitzmaurice (born 4 December 1946) was a hurler from Killeedy, south of Limerick, who played with the Limerick teams in the 1970s and 1980s [1] In 1998, he became a county team selector along with former teammates Éamonn Cregan and David Punch [2] and advocated the retention of the back-door system. [3] He was the parish priest in Kilmallock in 2008; [4] as such he celebrated the mass of his deceased niece, Elizabeth Gubbins, who died in the controversial Vernelli hit-and-run case in Rome. [5] [6] He is the brother of Limerick hurler Paudie Fitzmaurice.[ citation needed ] Hurling style The Fitzmaurice brothers were noted for their unusual hurling technique: when striking the sliotar, the Fitzmaurice brothers did not bend their elbows, making it difficult for their opponents to hook them. [7] [8] References "Munster Senior Hurling Teams – Munster GAA Web Site". Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2008. Irish Sport News, 25 April 1998 Irish Sport News, 15 October 1998 Connor, John O (1 May 2008). "The bells of progress". The Munster Express. Irish Examiner - 2008/03/26: Hit-and-run pictures ‘intensified pain and loss’ The Limerick Blogger - latest Limerick news and Limerick events » Blog Archive » New twist in Vernarelli Hit-and-run case YouTube - 1980 All-Ireland Hurling Final Galway Limerick 1st half YouTube - 1980 All-Ireland Hurling Final Galway Limerick 2nd half This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.