Jimmy Dennigan

James "Jimmy" Dennigan (1939 to 2012) was a Gaelic footballer, hurler, coach and referee from County Cork and a member of the Fermoy club. He played for the Cork minor team in 1956, was centre half-back in 1957 and was an Avondhu senior player in 1958 before an injury in 1960 ended his playing career. He then became a referee, encouraged by the inter-county referee Derry Gowen, and took charge of nine county senior football finals and of the 1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final between Kerry and Tyrone. He also coached at Gormanston College and with Fermoy, later trained greyhounds, and died in Fermoy on 31 December 2012. His daughter Colette Swift became a prominent cyclist in France.