Aidan Fogarty
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Aodán Ó Fógartaigh | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left corner-forward | ||
| Born |
20 July 1982 Urlingford, County Kilkenny, Ireland |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Nickname | Taggy | ||
| Occupation | Electronics engineer | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Emeralds | |||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 2003-2014 | Kilkenny | 38 (10-41) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 4 | ||
| All-Irelands | 5 | ||
| NHL | 3 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 19:17, 29 November 2014. | |||
Aidan Fogarty (born 20 July 1982) is an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.
Born in Urlingford, County Kilkenny, Fogarty first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-one when he first linked up with the Kilkenny intermediate team, before later joining the under-21 side. He joined the senior panel during the 2003 championship. Fogarty quickly became a regular member of the starting fifteen, and won five All-Ireland medals, four Leinster medals and three National League medals on the field of play. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Fogarty won three Railway Cup medals. At club level he has won one junior championship medal with Emeralds.
Throughout his career Fogarty made 38 championship appearances. He announced his retirement from inter-county hurling on 26 November 2014.
In 2000 Fogarty was in his last year with the Emeralds minor hurling team when he played in the championship decider. A 1-12 to 0-7 defeat of Shamrocks gave him a championship medal.
The following year Fogarty had established himself on Emeralds top team. A 3-11 to 1-11 defeat of Windgap in the junior decider gave him a championship medal in that grade.
Fogarty first played for Kilkenny in 2003 when he joined the under-21 side. He won his sole Leinster medal that year following a 0-12 to 1-4 defeat of Dublin. Kilkenny later faced Galway in the All-Ireland decider, beating them with on a scoreline of 2-13 to 0-12, and giving Fogarty an All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship medal.
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