Ger Fennelly
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Gearóid Ó Fionnalaigh | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Midfield | ||
| Born |
22 January 1954 Piltown, County Kilkenny, Ireland |
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Occupation | Carpenter | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Ballyhale Shamrocks | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Kilkenny titles | 8 | ||
| Leinster titles | 4 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 3 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1974–1990 | Kilkenny | 33 (3-78) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 6 | ||
| All-Irelands | 3 | ||
| NHL | 3 | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 12:54, 18 June 2015. | |||
Ger Fennelly (born 22 January 1954) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a centre-forward and as a midfielder for the Kilkenny senior team.
Born in Piltown, County Kilkenny, Fennelly first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Kilkenny minor team before later joining the under-21 side. He joined the senior panel during the 1974 championship. Fennelly subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won three All-Ireland medals, six Leinster medals and three National Hurling League medals. The All-Ireland-winning captain of 1979, he was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.
Fennelly was a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, however, he never won a Railway Cup medal. At club level he is a three-time All-Ireland medallist with Ballyhale Shamrocks. In addition to this Hennessy has also won four Leinster medals and eight championship medals.
His brothers, Kevin, Brendan, Liam and Seán Fennelly, and his nephews, Michael and Colin Fennelly, have all enjoyed All-Ireland success with Kilkenny.
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