Ger Fennelly

Ger Fennelly, born on 22 January 1954 in Piltown, County Kilkenny, is an Irish retired hurler who played as a centre-forward and as a midfielder for the Kilkenny senior team. He joined the Kilkenny minor team at seventeen, then the under-21 side, and the senior panel during the 1974 championship, becoming a regular in the starting fifteen. He won three All-Ireland medals, six Leinster medals and three National Hurling League medals, captained Kilkenny to the All-Ireland title in 1979 and was an All-Ireland runner-up twice. Although he never won a Railway Cup medal, at club level he won three All-Ireland medals with Ballyhale Shamrocks, four Leinster medals and nine championship medals. Many relatives, including brothers and nephews such as Michael and Colin Fennelly, have also enjoyed All-Ireland success with Kilkenny, and he made 33 championship appearances before retiring after the 1990 championship.