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Christy Keogh

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Christy Keogh, who lived from 29 June 1943 to 19 July 2002, was an Irish hurler from Enniscorthy, County Wexford, who played as a left corner-forward at senior level for the Wexford county team. He joined the Wexford senior team at twenty-eight and made his debut in the 1971 championship, playing a key part for the rest of the decade and winning two Leinster medals and one National Hurling League medal, with two All-Ireland runner-up finishes. He won a Railway Cup medal with Leinster in 1974 and at club level played with Rapparees and Shamrocks. He made 23 championship appearances for Wexford and retired following Wexford's defeat by Kilkenny in the 1979 championship. In retirement he became involved in coaching and team management and managed the Wexford senior hurling team on three separate occasions.

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    29 June 1943-19 July 2002
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