Ger Feeney

Ger Feeney was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for the Mayo county team in the 1970s. A native of Cortoon, Ballintubber, who studied at Ballinafad College, he was a highly regarded player who won a minor All-Ireland title in 1971 and an under-21 winners medal in 1974, and who made his championship debut for Mayo in 1972 against Sligo at McHale Park, Castlebar. His sons Richie and Alan and his nephew John have all been members of the Mayo football squad. He died on 10 October 2010 when he and his close friend, the businessman Donal McEllin, drowned in a boating accident off Inishbofin, and he was survived by his wife Kathleen and their four children.