Brendan Fennelly

Brendan Fennelly, who lived from 1956 to 31 July 2019, was an Irish hurling manager and player and a member of the famous Fennelly hurling dynasty. He enjoyed a successful playing career at club level with Ballyhale Shamrocks and at inter-county level with Kilkenny, as a forward with the Kilkenny minor, under-21 and senior teams in the 1970s, collecting All-Ireland medals at under-age levels, and he was also an All-Ireland medal winner at club level with Ballyhale. In retirement from playing he became involved in team management at all levels, serving as manager of the Carlow senior inter-county team in the late 1990s and having spells with the Dunnamaggin, De La Salle and Carrickshock clubs, and he was manager of the Laois senior hurling team from 2010 until 2011.