Aidan Fennelly Explained

Aidan Fennelly
Irish:Aodhán Ó Fionnghalaigh
Birth Place:County Laois, Ireland
Nickname:Fenno
Sport:Gaelic football
Code:Football
County:Laois
Province:Leinster
Clposition:-Back/Midfield
Club:Portlaoise
Clyears:1998-2013
Clcounty:8
Clprovince:2
Clubs:Portlaoise
Counties:Laois
Icposition:Corner back
Icyears:1999 – 2011
Icprovince:1
Allstars:nominee 2005

Aidan Fennelly (born 28 August 1981) is a Gaelic footballer from County Laois.[1]

He plays for the Portlaoise club. He usually plays at right corner back for Laois and in 2005 was nominated for an All-Star award.[2] In 2003, he was part of the Laois team that won the Leinster Senior Football Championship title for the first time since 1946.

Fennelly emerged on to the scene in 1998 as part of the Laois minor team that retained the Leinster Minor Football Championship.

He was also on the Laois minor team in 1999 in both hurling and football, captaining the unsuccessful football team bidding for a fourth Leinster Minor Football Championship in a row.

Fennelly has also won eight Laois Senior Football Championship medals with his club Portlaoise.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Doubts over Beano, Kelly and Fennelly but Garvan and Brennan are out . 2008-04-06 .
  2. Web site: Tyrone top all-star nominations list . https://archive.today/20120707024325/http://archives.tcm.ie/breakingnews/2005/10/12/story225150.asp . dead . 2012-07-07 . 2008-04-06 .
  3. Web site: GAA: Portlaoise’s skill and ability win through . 2008-04-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110622084207/http://archives.tcm.ie/laoisnationalist/2004/10/14/story18005.asp . 2011-06-22 .